celeb duets

Becca the chosen one.

Think Rebecca is singing beautiful as spoilers predict, price will surely shorten shortly

Wagner Mr Blobby, .....if only he was still there,

Yep, Justin Bieber kiss o death if they have im!

Think Bieber and Rihana are both better choices than Christina tbh. Certainly more popular.

I didn't know avril lavigne was still about.

When was she big? about 10 years ago. I remember my niece was forever playing her album.

Aguilera is clearly the biggest star out of them even if her last album didn't sell very well. Beautiful is one of the biggest singles of the last few years

Christina Aguilera and Rihanna are both huge, Christina is bigger, but who do we think is more popular to a UK audience right now?

Really?  Beautiful was a great song but came out in 2003.  Aguilera hasn't had a top 10 hit here since 2006. I would have thought Rihanna was more 'relevant'.

Meaningless. George Michael was clearly the biggest name last year despite having done nothing for years except get high and crash his car. These shows are all about nostalgia. Unless you've got someone who really is big today like Beyonce or Lady Gaga, you're better off with someone who was big like them once upon a time.

I can't see the connection between Matt and Rihanna either tbh

agree with nick and mikeeey - if rihanna was on i can only see her with one direction.

apparently rihanna is duetting with JLS.

(that's just a warning not to totally believe all the rumours!)

I think Justin Bieber could have more voting impact than any of those acts, he's the only one with a blind irrational following that would multi vote for any act he appeared with. 

Christina is a big name, but she's not Beyonce.  With Alexandra duetting with Beyonce was beyond her wildest dreams and it showed.  Even if it meant as much to Rebecca to perform with Christina, which I really don't believe it would, she wouldn't show it because she is too shy and unexpressive.  If they sang 'Beautiful' it would give Rebecca a good vehicle to sell her voice, but I don't see this partnership being a Beyonce type defining moment.

As a Matt backer I'm not thrilled at the prospect of Rihanna.  I think she's as big a name as Christina, but what would they sing? 

Cher and Lavigne?  Poor Cher.

This time last year we had all sorts of false rumours right up to the day iirc.  Any reason to believe this rumour is credible?

isn't Deanpiper just repeating the rumours?

All rumours ................... blah blah blah blah

If my Granny had balls ..................

Not everyone under 14 likes 1D figgy, my daughter for one.  Although in fairness she hates Bieber. However, if they were duetting with the Jonas Brothers I guarantee she would overcome her apathy towards 1D and get on the phone - no question.  I'm certain it will be the same for Bieber fans. 

I'm not convinced about the no-one over 14 likes 1D argument tbh.  Quite a few celebrity guests seem to like them, Holly Willerbooby likes them, people who ring up Xtra Factor seem to be disproportionately 1D fans (maybe because many of the callers are gay).  I know I'm quoting a very small sample but their name does seem to come up a lot more than I expect it to.

bunny

I'm sure most people in their twenties and obviously all the people older than that aren't going to vote for them in nothing like the proportions of Matt and Rebecca.  Say someone was 50 for arguements sake.  Matt comes on and wows em', Rebecca sings one of her nice tunes and sings it well.  Surely they'll be voting for them rather than a very very average boyband who just stand in a line and sing and the awful Cher.

Looks like it's from a press release so a kind of confirmation - from the Sunday Mirror news editor:

jasav James Saville
X Factor news: Matt Cardle performing with Rihanna for live final. Cher with Avril Lavigne/ Rebecca with C. Aguilera/ OD with J.Bieber
1 hour ago

my girlfriend is mid-20s and loves one direction (particularly harry) and can't stand matt.

her mates are apparently "so over matt".

swings and roundabouts fll.