MP4's(for your IPODVideo): Oh Holy Night ; You Raise Me Up ; Somewhere ; When You Believe
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The morning after the night before and the result is still quite hard to come to terms with. I was looking for an eloquent quote to sum up the general feelings of 
shock and being hard done by.Quote from Carry On Up The Khyber
Lady Joan Ruff-Diamond: Oh! How awful! What can have happened ?
Captain Keene: I don't like making guesses, but I wouldn't be surprised if there hadn't been a spot of foul play here.
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Don't forget to download Malcolm Middleton's alternative Xmas No:1 .Stop the Scot!
Some thoughts from some blogs:
In Dizzy Thinks (opinionated arrogance) is in no doubts as to the 'why'. Titled, It was Kylie wot won it, "Anyone who watched the X Factor final last night may very well be as confused why Leon and not Rhydian won... The answer you see is very simple indeed and can be summed up in one word....... Kylie"
In The Rhydian Blog a post titled A Massive Travesty has Taken Place sums up the shock everyone felt, "And there was I casually cooking my girlfriend a Spag Bol and sipping a glass of Merlot, during the results show….yes we’re classy around here and then I heard Dermot spit out those words “pub singer” as winner. I choked on my Merlot, leaving a new red pattern on my kitchen carpet….or should I say rug? Mel choked too and we couldn’t eat! Can you believe that?"
The writer of popbuzz tries to make sense of it all, "Leon was shocked, and so was I because quite frankly, I think he sucked. I can only think that it is either because Leon is a good looking guy, and appealed to all of those 14 year old girls who have just started to experience some strange sensations in the pit of their stomach for members of the opposite sex"
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We turn in desperation to someone who should have warned us something bad was going to happen: Madame Arcati(The premier showbiz and media clairvoyante who writes about whatever she pleases) In a post titled The X Factor - it was Scotland wot won it 'Simon was gracious in disappointment. "Leon was the one who needed to win this more than anyone else," he said, which is a nice way of saying that on the night raw sentiment rather than best talent held sway. He'd backed Rhydian to win The X Factor but little Leon pipped it in the end, thanks to Scotland (and a lift from lovely Kylie). No matter. Rhydian was the true star of the series and his international success is assured.' But did she tell us this was going to happen - did she buggery. Pay Madame Arcati a visit - she knows you are coming
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Many people are still angry, Gwinniegirl , like a lot of us, is fuming, "THAT WAS A CRAP RESULT. Leon, whether he's from Scotland or not, is unoriginal, uninspiring, and just, well, shouldn't be the winner. He's like bad Sinatra karaoke, and, what a surprise, that's exactly what his new single sounds like - bad Sinatra karaoke."
Neil dixon-(romance writer)
"All I can say is that anyone who voted for Leon to win should go and buy his record because he's going to need all the help he can get. What a complete travesty."
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To get a combined Wales/Countryside/Politics view we go to A View From Rural Wales (Welsh Countryside and Politics) Intriguingly titled 'Curse of Lembit' strikes again."I knew it was bad news as soon as I heard about it. My first reaction was, Oh No, a new Welsh Star named Rhydian Roberts about to be born by winning the X Factor - and Lembit Opik decides to back him. Why couldn't he have backed someone else? The consequences were inevitable.... First there was total support for Charles Kennedy (he went two days later) - then...(he lists many, many liberal democrat leadership candidates)... Inevitably, Rhydian went down to defeat at the hands of Leon Jackson tonight. Yet again the'Curse' has struck."
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For a European perspective we have Work Your Magic (Observations on life,Europop and all things fabulous) "Seems it's not just the Norwegians making silly voting decisions on their musical reality TV this week.How exactly did Leon win the X Factor when he's clearly one of the most boring contestants ever? Especially when he was up against Rhydian who was at least 10 million times better.It's like Prohor v Dima on Fabrika Zvezd all over again"
And the total newcomers perspective:Keris Stainton (Almost as sweet as a regular-sized person)"I'm just watching The X Factor for the first time*... ... can someone explain Rhydian to me?
Did he turn up with his hair like that or did they do that to him?"
____________________________________________________________________________________ Soviet X Factor: Video of Prohor (the Russian Rhydian?)
Video of Dima (The Russian Leon?)
Fabrika Zvezd, better named and more entertaining than our X Factor by a million miles. Can we enter Rhydian into Fabrika Zvezd next year? Labels: Final, Rhydian, Scandal, X Factor