Ella Henderson! Rylan Clark! Union J! James Arthur! Christopher Maloney! Jahmene Douglas! In decades to come we'll wonder if The X Factor 2012 could really have had such an eclectic collection of raw, trembling talent.
We'll tell our children: we were there. Well, not there. We were at home, joining in with the sarcastic remarks on a blog. Your aformentioned zingers are very much the key to the RadioTimes.com X Factor live blog, which is the most interactive on the internet. Help me record every epic minute of the action...
This live blog is over! But don't worry, there's always the as-it-happened version...