27 year old Matt Cardle winner of the 2010 X Factor receives a £1 million recording contract with Syco Music.
The former painter/decorator's cover version of the Biffy Clyro song "When We Collide" sold 112,000 copies on its first day of Internet Download Sales. The CD will be released this week. We will know if it is Number 1 in the charts on December 19th.
Before applying to The X Factor, he was also the singer and guitarist of a rock band called Seven Summers. They released a self-titled album "Seven Summers" on 22 January 2010.
Matt performed the following songs during the contest:
Audition............... "You Know I'm No Good" - Free Choice To bootcamp
Bootcamp............ "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" - Free Choice Final 24
Judges' House......."If I Were a Boy" - Free Choice Final 16
Week 1
"When Love Takes Over" .......Number-one singles Week
Week 2
"Just the Way You Are" .......Heroes Week
Week 3
"Baby One More Time" ......Guilty pleasures Week
Week 4
"Bleeding Love" ......Halloween Week
Week 5
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" ......American anthems Week
Week 6
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" .......Songs by Elton John Week
Week 7
"Come Together" .......Songs by The Beatles Week
Week 8
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" ..........Rock Week
"Nights in White Satin" ......Rock Week
Week 9 (semi-final)
"You Got the Love" ..............Club classics Week
"She's Always a Woman" .....Get me to the final songs"
Week 10 (final)
"Here with Me" .......Free choice (no theme)
"Unfaithful" (performed with Rihanna) ......Celebrity duet
"Firework" .......No theme Winner
"When We Collide" .......Winner's song
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