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X-factor Top 12 Announced...

For many, the fun of the X-Factor is now over. For most, it is only just starting. After weeks of auditions, bootcamps, laughs and tears, the X-Factor 2008 final 12 have been chosen.

Richard Dyer

Date published: 6th Oct 2008

For many, the fun of the X-Factor is now over. For most, it is only just starting. After weeks of auditions, bootcamps, laughs and tears, the X-Factor 2008 final 12 have been chosen.

Now then, in the countdown to the Christmas number 1 (cause lets face it, it's always going to be an X-Factor Winner) the top 12 reads as follows.

Eoghan Quigg, Austin Drage and Scott Bruton are the males, looked after by the man with the money, knowledge and put downs, Mr Simon Cowell.

New girl Chery Cole is looking after the girls Alexander Burke, Laura White and Diana Vickers whilst Dannii 'there seems to be an bizarre newspaper story about me every day' Minogue is looking after the over 25's Ex-prisoner Rachel Hylton, Daniel Evans and Ruth Lorenzo.

Finally that funny little irish fella Lewis Walsh is looking after the girl groups, Girl Band, JLS and Bad Lashes.

With 9.5 million viewers on Sunday night, it's hard not to accept that X-Factor is back, bigger and better than ever, and you best take your pic because one of the 12 names above is set to rule the charts in the next couple of months.