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| Little Mix crowned X Factor winners | Little Mix crowned X Factor winners |
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| Little Mix have been crowned this year's X Factor winners - the first group to win the singing contest. | Little Mix have been crowned this year's X Factor winners - the first group to win the singing contest. |
| The band, made up of Jade Thirlwall, 18, Perrie Edwards, also 18, Jesy Nelson, 20, and Leigh-Anne Pinnock, 19, beat Marcus Collins to take the title. | The band, made up of Jade Thirlwall, 18, Perrie Edwards, also 18, Jesy Nelson, 20, and Leigh-Anne Pinnock, 19, beat Marcus Collins to take the title. |
| After being announced the winners of the ITV1 show, Nelson said: "This is never going to sink in." | After being announced the winners of the ITV1 show, Nelson said: "This is never going to sink in." |
| Their first single, a cover of Damien Rice's Cannonball, will be released digitally from Monday. | |
| Little Mix - who come from London, Essex and Tyne and Wear - had never met before being put together as a band during the bootcamp stage of the X Factor auditions. | Little Mix - who come from London, Essex and Tyne and Wear - had never met before being put together as a band during the bootcamp stage of the X Factor auditions. |
| They were stunned by their win from the public vote. | They were stunned by their win from the public vote. |
| "We are just so so grateful and thankful to everyone who voted and to everyone backstage," Thirlwall said. | "We are just so so grateful and thankful to everyone who voted and to everyone backstage," Thirlwall said. |
| Their mentor, judge Tulisa Contostavlos, added: "I think I wanted them to win more than they did." | Their mentor, judge Tulisa Contostavlos, added: "I think I wanted them to win more than they did." |
| In defeat, Liverpudlian Collins, 23, said: "I'm really proud of myself and these girls really deserve it, they're amazing." | In defeat, Liverpudlian Collins, 23, said: "I'm really proud of myself and these girls really deserve it, they're amazing." |
| 'Biggest girl band' | 'Biggest girl band' |
| The two acts battled it out in the second part of the show's final, after fellow contestant Amelia Lily had been voted out on Saturday. | The two acts battled it out in the second part of the show's final, after fellow contestant Amelia Lily had been voted out on Saturday. |
| They both sang their favourite song from the series so far, a Christmas song and their versions of the winner's single in front of a 10,000-strong audience at London's Wembley Arena. | They both sang their favourite song from the series so far, a Christmas song and their versions of the winner's single in front of a 10,000-strong audience at London's Wembley Arena. |
| Little Mix chose to once more perform their rendition of En Vogue's Don't Let Go and the Christmas carol, Silent Night. | Little Mix chose to once more perform their rendition of En Vogue's Don't Let Go and the Christmas carol, Silent Night. |
| After they sang, judge Louis Walsh Walsh predicted the group would be the biggest girl band in the UK "by a mile". | After they sang, judge Louis Walsh Walsh predicted the group would be the biggest girl band in the UK "by a mile". |
| "You've the vocals, you've got the chemistry, you've got the work ethic, you've got Tulisa and the public are going to love you," he added. | "You've the vocals, you've got the chemistry, you've got the work ethic, you've got Tulisa and the public are going to love you," he added. |
| Collins sang Jackie Wilson's Higher and Higher, accompanied by a gospel choir, and Wham's Last Christmas. | Collins sang Jackie Wilson's Higher and Higher, accompanied by a gospel choir, and Wham's Last Christmas. |
| Walsh described the singer as "a born little pop star" with fellow judge Gary Barlow calling it "an amazing performance". | Walsh described the singer as "a born little pop star" with fellow judge Gary Barlow calling it "an amazing performance". |
| "In the history of the X Factor I can't remember a finalist or a winner that takes hold of a stage like you do," he said. | "In the history of the X Factor I can't remember a finalist or a winner that takes hold of a stage like you do," he said. |
| Cowell prediction | Cowell prediction |
| Saturday's show saw the finalists and Amelia Lily duet with their mentors with Collins singing Billy Joel's She's Always A Woman with Barlow. | Saturday's show saw the finalists and Amelia Lily duet with their mentors with Collins singing Billy Joel's She's Always A Woman with Barlow. |
| Little Mix performed an Alicia Keys medley with Tulisa and Amelia Lily sang Ike and Tina Turner's River Deep - Mountain High with Kelly Rowland. | Little Mix performed an Alicia Keys medley with Tulisa and Amelia Lily sang Ike and Tina Turner's River Deep - Mountain High with Kelly Rowland. |
| However the performance was not enough to keep the 17-year-old from Middlesbrough in the competition as she received the fewest votes from the public. | However the performance was not enough to keep the 17-year-old from Middlesbrough in the competition as she received the fewest votes from the public. |
| Speaking on The Xtra Factor after the first instalment of the final, Simon Cowell - who left the judging panel this year to front a US version - called the show "absolutely amazing - one of the best finals I've ever seen". | Speaking on The Xtra Factor after the first instalment of the final, Simon Cowell - who left the judging panel this year to front a US version - called the show "absolutely amazing - one of the best finals I've ever seen". |
| When asked who he thought would win the competition, Cowell replied: "Without a doubt, Little Mix won the night. | When asked who he thought would win the competition, Cowell replied: "Without a doubt, Little Mix won the night. |
| "[They are] a revelation and if a girl group was to win this show it kind of makes history and maybe something special is going to happen." | "[They are] a revelation and if a girl group was to win this show it kind of makes history and maybe something special is going to happen." |
| Sunday's show also featured performances from Westlife, Coldplay and the final 12 X Factor finalists perform a mash up of some of this year's bigest pop hits. |