Can Twitter Predict The X Factor Winner?

<p>Last year we ran a piece where we predicted the winners of X Factor 2012 by the number of Twitter followers they had.</p> <p>By Jake Simpson </p><p></p><p>It’s not an exact science, but by using the number of Twitter fans each contestant had as an barometer (science word) of potential success <a href="http://www.thegayuk.com/magazine/4574334751/TWITTER-PREDICTS-X-FACTOR-WINNER/3805476">we managed to get quite an actuate picture</a> of who was going to win.</p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4601077847.png" width="460" height="474" alt="X Factor 2012 Predictions" title="X Factor 2012 Predictions"/></p> <p></p><p></p><p>So going via the same formula we predict that this is how the X Factor Finals 2013 might look:</p><p></p><p></p><p>1st Sam Callahan 175,185</p><p>2nd Nicholas McDonald 138, 629</p><p>3rd Kingsland Road 119,352</p><p>4th Tamera Foster 114,081</p><p>5th Luke Friend 113, 314</p><p>6th Rough Copy 107,509</p><p>7th Sam Bailey 89,811</p><p>8th Abi Alton 66,422</p><p>9th Hannah Barrett 58,239</p><p>10th Miss Dynamix 37,001 </p><p>11th Shelley Smith 30,023</p><p>12th Lorna Simpson 9,592 </p><p></p><p>Now as we said earlier we’re not scientists, and this barely constitutes as news, but if we were Hannah or Abi, we’d be shaping up our act – or at least faking some Twitter numbers!</p><p> </p>