X Factor winner Ben Haenow topped public vote for past seven weeks - see voting breakdown
Fleur East was not the most popular contestant in any of the votes
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Your support makes all the difference.Ben Haenow was crowned winner of The X Factor 2014 last night and now, official voting figures have shown that the Croydon lad had been the public’s favourite for the past seven weeks.
Ben, a 29-year-old former truck driver from Croydon, scored more than half of the public vote in the final with 57.2 per cent.
Contrary to being the bookies’ favourites, Fleur East secured 34.3 per cent while Italian singer Andrea Faustini polled 8.5 per cent.
Fleur, whose semi-final performance of Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk” proved so popular that the producer released it five weeks early, was not the most popular contestant in any of the votes.
Andrea, who left on Saturday night after coming third, was the favourite in the first three shows.
Scroll to see breakdown of voting percentages
This year’s series attracted 40 million votes from viewers – the highest number of any series in X Factor history.
The rise in votes may be down to a new free app that enables fans to vote from their smartphones and tablets.
Ben has now released his winner’s single, a cover of “Something I Need” by OneRepublic in a bid to take the Christmas number one.
He has competition from “Uptown Funk” however, which is currently number one in the UK singles chart.
How the public voted
Final
Ben Haenow - 57.2%
Fleur East - 34.3%
Andrea Faustini - 8.5%
Semi-final
Ben Haenow - 36.5%
Fleur East - 24.3%
Lauren Platt - 20.1%
Andrea Faustini - 19.1%
Week 8
Ben Haenow - 26.4%
Andrea Faustini - 21%
Fleur East - 17.9%
Lauren Platt- 17.8%
Stereo Kicks - 16.9%
Week 7
Ben Haenow - 19.4%
Fleur East - 16.1%
Lauren Platt - 16.0%
Stereo Kicks - 15.3%
Stevi Ritchie - 14.7%
Andrea Faustini - 13.2%
Only the Young - 5.3%
Week 6
Ben Haenow - 16.4%
Fleur East - 14.0%
Lauren Platt - 13.2%
Andrea Faustini - 12.7%
Stereo Kicks - 12.2%
Only the Young - 12.2%
Stevi Ritchie - 10.8%
Jay James - 8.5%
Week 5
Ben Haenow - 14.8%
Andrea Faustini - 14.0%
Lauren Platt - 13.1%
Stereo Kicks - 12.4%
Fleur East - 10.8%
Stevi Ritchie - 10.3%
Only the Young - 8.4%
Jay James - 8.1%
Paul Akister - 8.1%
Week 4
Ben Haenow - 12.2%
Andrea Faustini - 11.9%
Stevi Ritchie - 11.5%
Lauren Platt - 11.0%
Paul Akister - 9.5%
Fleur East - 9.4%
Only the Young - 9.0%
Jay James - 8.3%
Stereo Kicks - 8.3%
Lola Saunders - 6.3%
Jack Walton - 2.6%
Week 3
Andrea Faustini - 14.4%
Lauren Platt - 11.8%
Ben Haenow - 10.1%
Paul Akister - 9.4%
Fleur East - 9.3%
Stereo Kicks - 8.9%
Stevi Ritchie - 7.4%
Jay James - 7.1%
Lola Saunders - 6.9%
Jack Walton - 5.3%
Only the Young - 5.2%
Jake Quickenden - 4.2%
Week 2
Andrea Faustini - 14.5%
Lauren Platt - 12.7%
Paul Akister - 9.9%
Ben Haenow - 9.1%
Jay James - 7.6%
Lola Saunders - 7.6%
Fleur East - 6.0%
Stevi Ritchie - 5.9%
Only the Young - 5.6%
Jack Walton - 5.3%
Jake Quickenden - 4.8%
Stereo Kicks - 4.4%
Chloe Jasmine - 4.0%
Stephanie Nala - 2.6%
Week 1
Andrea Faustini - 19.2%
Lauren Platt - 10.4%
Paul Akister - 10.0%
Ben Haenow - 8.7%
Fleur East - 6.0%
Lola Saunders - 5.7%
Jay James - 5.5%
Jake Quickenden - 5.1%
Jack Walton - 5.0%
Stevi Ritchie - 4.9%
Stereo Kicks - 4.6%
Chloe Jasmine - 4.3%
Only the Young - 4.0%
Stephanie Nala - 2.9%
Overload Generation - 2.7%
Blonde Electra - 1.0%
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