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So here we are then - the end is nigh. Saturday nights will once more be yours. The trouble with the final weekend of the[b] X Factor[/b] however, is that come Monday, the unemployment figures in this country will have swelled faster than Cash Warren on his wedding night (oh, Google it or something). Indeed, reading the news this week, it appears that being OFF the show is truly awful. Waissell is in bits, Wagner can't get his bennies - it's the stuff of nightmares. Enough of these losers however - who will win, that's what the world wants to know. Well, our tip is [b]One Direction[/b]. During the inevitable victorious-homecoming segment of the final show, viewers will be treated to scenes of insane mobs of screaming girls. These same girls will presumably stay up all weekend hysterically...

...it doesn't mean they're not after you. Is Rebecca right to fear Cheryl? The German philosopher Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Humboldt (Basil to his mates) was a bright old herr. In introducing his essay 'Sphere and Duties of Government', he emphasised one central idea - "the absolute and essential importance of human development in its richest diversity." Fine words, and a theory which thanks to John Stuart Mill, has stood humankind in pretty good stead ever since. Until now. Until the appalling manipulation of the British population over the weekend, that contrived to remove the mightily diverse Wagner from our screens. Two thrust out Cowell is it? I'll give you two thrust right in that . Savage editing and having to sing early made a mockery...

[b]Matt Cardle[/b] (2.62 Winner market; 1.18 Top 3 market) Matt is a fantastic singer no doubt and he fully deserves to be favourite to win this year's contest. Even my 'degree-in-music, league two football-loving' friend thinks he will win so that's good enough for me. The one question I will pose to you all though is, has he played his trump card too early? His rendition of The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face was spine-tingling admittedly, but that's the song that got the judges' attention at Bootcamp and I would have thought he'd have saved it for later in the show. His propensity for high-pitched songs might catch him out as the competition progresses, but somehow I doubt it as he is in such a strong position now, one below-par week won't be too detrimental to his chances of winning. [b]Rebecca...