Following on from the wholesale defection of viewers, and the widespread distrust of their secret 'voting', X-Factor contestants also lost faith. Bookie favourite Rhydian Roberts is reported as saying the acts were not given enough time to practice their songs because of the extra non-music focus of the lame spin-off show, the Xtra Factor.
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Alexandra Burke has the record for the fastest-selling download across Europe on its first day of release. Hallelujah sold more than 105,000 which beat the previous fastest download of 82,000 in one day — A Moment Like This by Leona Lewis from 2006. By comparison, Take That sold less than 10,000 downloads of Greatest Day on its first day.