X Factor 'bowing out of Xmas No.1 race' with early final schedule
This year's X Factor final will reportedly take place a fortnight before the Christmas chart will be announced - a move that some have suggested signifies the show bowing out of the race to the Christmas No.1.
However, a rumoured charity single could still sustain the coveted spot - according to The Official Chart Company's Martin Talbot.
BBC sources say the show is to hold its 2012 final a week before it has previously aired on December 9 but ...
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