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  2. Jul 29, 2021 · 2006 - Leona Lewis. Her winner's single, A Moment Like This, hit platinum status and spent four weeks at number one. After her win against Ray Quinn, she became the first internationally...

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    • Steve Brookstein. Year Won: 2004. Runner-Up: G4. Steve was the first contestant to ever win The X Factor and being coached by Simon Cowell, there’s no surprise why!
    • Shayne Ward. Year Won: 2005. Runner-Up: Andy Abraham. After bagging the number one spot on the show, Shayne went on to reign the Christmas chart with his single That’s My Goal.
    • Leona Lewis. Year Won: 2006. Runner-Up: Ray Quinn. Despite winning the show over a decade ago, Leona is one of the most successful X Factor winners of all time, having sold more than 20 million records worldwide.
    • Leon Jackson. Year Won: 2007. Runner-Up: Rhydian Roberts. 2007’s winner Leon Jackson was more of a one-year-wonder, compared to his previous contestants. His winner’s single When You Believe was a huge success, but his career ended there.
    • Steve Brookstein (2004) Both Brookstein’s single and album went to number one, but in 2005 he was dropped from his record label Sony BMG and later went on to criticise The X Factor and Simon Cowell.
    • Shayne Ward (2005) Shortly after his win, Ward achieved his first Christmas number one single with That’s My Goal in 2005. The song remained at the top spot for four consecutive weeks.
    • Leona Lewis (2006) Lewis’ winner’s single – a cover of Kelly Clarkson’s A Moment Like This – broke a world record and became the second best selling single of 2006 despite being released just weeks before the end of the year.
    • Leon Jackson (2007) Jackson’s version of Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey’s hit When You Believe became the fastest selling single of 2007. However, over a year later, the Scottish native was dropped by Sony BMG after his album Right Now sold just 130,000 copies.
  3. Aug 10, 2021 · X Factor winners: full list of winners from Simon Cowell’s UK talent show - from Little Mix to Scot Leon Jackson. The iconic singing competition was recently cancelled after 17 years -...

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  4. Winner: Melanie Amaro: 1: Girls: Simon Cowell: Winner: Astro: 1: Boys: L.A. Reid: 7th: Simone Battle: 1: Girls: Simon Cowell: 13th (joint) LeRoy Bell: 1: Over 30s: Nicole Scherzinger: 8th: The Brewer Boys: 1: Groups: Paula Abdul: 13th (joint) Jason Brock: 2: Over 25s: L.A. Reid: 13th: Marcus Canty: 1: Boys: L.A. Reid: 4th: Khaya Cohen: 3: Girls ...

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  6. Jul 31, 2021 · Steve Brookstein was the first ever X Factor winner. The now 52-year-old was mentored by show founder and judge Simon Cowell, and went on to beat opera group G4 and young singer Tabby Callaghan in ...

  7. As of series 14, all five categories have won the show on at least one occasion, while seven of the show's nine judges have had the winning act in their category at least once, with Cowell winning four times, Cheryl, Minogue and Scherzinger winning twice, and Walsh, Tulisa, Osbourne, Ora and Tomlinson winning once.

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