...I expect the result to come out like this:
1) Shayne
2) Andy
3) Journey South
The only possible upset I foresee is Andy pipping Shayne due to Sharon's popularity. Of course, my heart wants my brain to be completely wrong and I want Carl and Andy, Journey South, to win.
Well that's exactly how it went. There were a couple of TV shows after the final show where they reported on Shayne's first few days as the X-factor 2005 winner. Apparently, Journey South were ranked highest in terms of viewer votes on several shows prior to the final and were out in front at the end of the main final show. However, in the two hours that elapsed before the results show the tables had been turned and Andy had his nose out in front.
Journey South got booted and first Andy and then Shayne got to perform the winner's song. Andy did a good performance - but Shayne really went for it, particularly in the second half of the song. It was an outstanding performance and evidence of a sheer will to come out on top.
He's a worthy winner and he's got all the right components to become the next big thing. What remains to be seen is whether or not the record company can turn reality TV into real life.
And then it was Christmas - well almost ...
But not before the traditional pre-Christmas "major incident" at work which had me running conference calls on Christmas Eve and sitting on tenterhooks waiting for the phone to ring on Boxing Day morning. Fortunately, the steps taken prior to Christmas seem to have paid off and aside from a brief telephone call on Wednesday 28th December I have now been off work for almost 2 weeks.
Christmas was fun and everyone got lots of nice presents. I got one of the new iPods and so I have been having lots of fun getting music and videos onto that. There's a whole lot more I could write about my fun with video capture over the past few days but I think I will save that for a separate entry when I feel more like a good rant.
