Leona, Ray and the three X Factor judges have been interviewed just days before the final, here is what they said.
Do you ever worry it might be a case of here today, gone tomorrow, regardless of whether you win or not?
Ray: “I haven’t really got there yet, I haven’t thought about it yet. I just want to keep doing what I love to do and keep striving to where I want to be.”
Leona: “I’ve always sung, so I’m going to keep on singing and keep doing my best, so I will be around.”
There’s no guarantee is there, Simon?
Simon: “Let’s be clear, this is a tough lark in any case. I’ll take two artists [as example], Emma Bunton and Matt who won I’m A Celebrity. They haven’t even made the top sixty with their new records. Shayne is currently up to 2.5 million records. Without winning the X Factor he wouldn’t have sold one record. Journey South a million, G4 a million and a half. It’s the best showcase for new talent I can think of at the moment. And you’ve seen in America, Kelly Clarkson; here, Will Young… there’s no guarantee. So I would say that the future for both of these two right now is rosy.”
To all three mentors, who would you pick to win?
Sharon: “It’s not up to me to pick, it’s up to the public, and all we do is bring them the best of our categories. It’s totally up to the public. I don’t think we’d even want to go there. They both have an unbelievable future ahead of them.”
Simon: “We don’t have to involve the public on shows like this, we could as judges decide on who we wanted through week after week. If we open it up to the public, we have to respect the public’s decision. I think this is what we call the punter’s final with these two. These are the two the public wanted, it is as close as any competition I’ve ever been involved with in my life. I think there’s something like a thousand votes separating the two from last week’s, so I can’t call it. We will support whoever wins. They’ve all got strong songs, so it’s going to be a rumble.”
Louis: “I’m not picking anybody, because like Sharon said, it’s up to the public, but both of them are really good.”
Can you give us your tips for them both on Saturday?
Louis: “They know what they have to do already.”
Simon: “Go in there with a desire to win. The public have to decide. There are going to be five or six million new voters on Saturday night who haven’t voted in previous shows and they’re going to go for the top performance on the night. They’re both fully armed with the best songs.”
Louis: “It’s going to be very, very close.”
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