{"id":180175,"date":"2013-12-16T23:34:46","date_gmt":"2013-12-16T23:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/2013\/12\/16\/sam-bailey-wins-x-factor-final\/"},"modified":"2013-12-16T23:34:46","modified_gmt":"2013-12-16T23:34:46","slug":"sam-bailey-wins-x-factor-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2013\/12\/16\/sam-bailey-wins-x-factor-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Bailey wins X Factor final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\/old_site\/THMVTMGYDGWESRUMTOQA.jpg>Sam Bailey was crowned winner of this year\u2019s X Factor in an emotional final showdown on Sunday.<br \/>\nThe former prison officer, 36, beat fellow finalist Nicholas McDonald after receiving more than one million public votes.<br \/>\n\u201cI don\u2019t know what to say,\u201d said the overwhelmed star, watched by thousands inside Wembley Arena, and millions more at home. \u201cI just want to say that I love that boy to pieces, Nicky McDonald.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cHe\u2019s got the most amazing voice, I love him to death.\u201d<br \/>\nAdding that she was \u201cjust so grateful,\u201d Sam said, \u201cThank you so much everybody. I really am appreciative.\u201d<br \/>\nRunner-up Nicholas was gracious in his defeat. \u201cIf I was getting beaten by anybody it would be Sam,\u201d he said. \u201cI just want to say thank you to absolutely every single person who voted for me. I love you all.\u201d<br \/>\nAs the show\u2019s winner, Sam has received a recording contract and will also support Beyonc\u00e9 on the UK leg of her Mrs Carter tour in February. Her winner\u2019s single, Skyscraper, is now available and will vie for the Christmas number one spot.<br \/>\nA host of stars took to Twitter following the result\u2019s announcement to congratulate the singer.<br \/>\nIt was also a special night for Gary Barlow, who confirmed it was his last night on The X Factor. The Take That star sang a duet alongside his \u201clifelong hero\u201d Elton John, as the two men performed Face To Face at adjoining grand pianos.<br \/>\n\u201cNot only am I finishing the show tonight, but I\u2019m going to sing with my lifelong hero,\u201d Gary told host Dermot O\u2019Leary. \u201cI\u2019m going to miss you all terribly. I love this show.\u201d<br \/>\nSir Elton added, \u201cIt was so much fun watching the show, the two finalists are incredible, humble people. And what incredible singers they are.<br \/>\n\u201c\u2026 The real reason I did it (the show) is because Gary has been a real friend of mine for the past 20 years, and when he picks up the phone, you do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Bailey was crowned winner of this year\u2019s X Factor in an emotional final showdown on Sunday. The former prison officer, 36, beat fellow finalist Nicholas McDonald after receiving more than one million public votes. \u201cI don\u2019t know what to say,\u201d said the overwhelmed star, watched by thousands inside Wembley Arena, and millions more at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[688],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infotainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}