This year's X Factor was, by and large, a hot mess and while a boringly predictable winner was crowned in last night's live final, the voting percentages reveal just how close it was in the final weeks.
Last night, the Aldi version of Louis Tomlinson Matt Terry took home the X Factor crown for 2016 (as was expected from the first live show) but the voting statistics and figures show it was almost a completely different show as for the first time ever the winner changed over the weekend.
Terry won the first three live weekends but started to slip in the final weeks of the show as Finnish contestant Saara Alto made an impact on viewers, winning the two weekends previous to the final and the first Week freeze of the final on Saturday night which eliminated group 5 After Midnight.
Add to that some frustratingly close and unnecessary elimination Weeks (*cough* Gifty *cough*) and it could have been a completely different show. And we haven't even touched upon how Honey G hung in there...
Here are the results in full, week by week.
Week 1
Matt Terry - 22.2%
5 After Midnight - 13.3%
Emily Middlemas - 11.9%
Honey G -10.9%
Sam Lavery -9.8%
Relley C -7.8%
Gifty Louise -6.6%
Ryan Lawrie -6.2%
Saara Aalto -5.3%
Freddy Parker- 3.4%
Bratavio -2.6%
Week 1 Lifeline
Freddy Parker- 52.0%
Saara Aalto -38.5%
Bratavio -9.5%
Week 2
Matt Terry -19.5%
5 After Midnight - 15.6%
Emily Middlemas - 11.0%
Honey G - 9.3%
Sam Lavery -8.8%
Four of Diamonds - 7.3%
Relley C - 6.6%
Gifty Louise -6.4%
Saara Aalto -6.4%
Ryan Lawrie -4.6%
Freddy Parker- 4.5%
Week 2 Lifeline
Ryan Lawrie -37.9%
Saara Aalto -32.0%
Freddy Parker- 30.0%
Week 3
Matt Terry -17.8%
Saara Aalto -13.7%
Emily Middlemas - 11.9%
5 After Midnight - 11.5%
Honey G - 9.4%
Sam Lavery -8.1%
Gifty Louise -7.9%
Ryan Lawrie -7.4%
Relley C -6.2%
Four of Diamonds - 6.1%
Week 3 Lifeline
Ryan Lawrie -37.9%
Relley C - 36.0%
Four of Diamonds - 26.1%
Week 4
Emily Middlemas - 18.7%
Matt Terry -18.7%
Saara Aalto -11.3%
5 After Midnight - 10.6%
Sam Lavery -10.1%
Honey G - 9.2%
Ryan Lawrie -8.7%
Gifty Louise -6.6%
Four of Diamonds - 6.1%
Week 4 Lifeline
Ryan Lawrie -41.2%
Gifty Louise -35.0%
Four of Diamonds - 23.8%
Week 5
Matt Terry -16.7%
5 After Midnight - 15.5%
Emily Middlemas - 15.3%
Ryan Lawrie -14.1%
Honey G -11.6%
Saara Aalto -9.4%
Four of Diamonds - 8.9%
Sam Lavery -8.5%
Lifeline Week 5
Sam Lavery -46.1%
Four of Diamonds - 27.3%
Saara Aalto -26.6%
Week 6
5 After Midnight - 19.0%
Saara Aalto -18.4%
Matt Terry -16.7%
Emily Middlemas - 13.4%
Honey G -11.7%
Ryan Lawrie -11.1%
Sam Lavery -9.7%
Week 7
Matt Terry -21.1%
Saara Alto -20.1%
5 After Midnight - 17.5%
Emily Middlemas - 16.8%
Ryan Lawrie -13.3%
Honey G -11.2%
Week 8
Saara Alto -23.7%
Emily Middlemas - 22.6%
Matt Terry -21.2%
5 After Midnight - 20.3%
Honey G -12.2%
Week 9
Saara Aalto -28.8%
5 After Midnight - 26.6%
Matt Terry -22.5%
Emily Middlemas - 22.1%
Week 10 - First Freeze
Saara Aalto -35.3%
Matt Terry -33.4%
5 After Midnight - 31.3%
Week 10 - Final
Matt Terry –48.5%
Saara Aalto –40.4%
5 After Midnight – 11.1% (Left after Week freeze)