Remember when Ben Haenow won The X Factor last year and everyone screamed a collective “WHAT THE”?
Well, yes, that wasn’t just a dream and Ben did in fact triumph over Fleur East despite Simon Cowell’s best attempts to hide that she was pretty much his favourite.
So it's now time for possibly the most unsurprising-but-all-very-nice-just-the-same news story of the year – Fleur has signed to Simon’s record label Syco.
Not being a winner of The X Factor doesn’t mean you’re going to be a failure in the charts (oh, hi One Direction) so Fleur still stands a pretty good chance of carving out a successful career.
And even though Ben beat Fleur in the public vote every week in the last series of the show, this goes to prove it doesn’t matter what the viewers think. Nice.
Fleur’s contract was finalised last week and it’s the first time the head judge of an ITV talent show will be personally overseeing the career of a second-place act, according to The Sun.
An insider told the paper: “It’s unprecedented for Simon to personally sign one of the runners-up. But it’s a sign he believes Fleur is going to be a massive star.”
It’s a match made in music heaven...
GALLERY: The X Factor 2014 finalists from the judges' houses stage of the competition
X Factor 2014 24 finalists

The Boys - Andrea Faustini
Age: 20From: Rome, Italy

Danny Dearden
Age 23From: Rochdale

Paul Akister
Age: 25From: Lancashire

Jordan Morris
Age: 20From: London

Jake Quickenden
Age: 26From: Scunthorpe

Jack Walton
Age 18From: Townville

The Girls - Lola Saunders
Age: 20From: Southshields

Stephanie Nala
Age: 20From: Hertfordshire

Emily Middlemas
Age: 15From: Glasgow

Chloe Jasmine
Age: 24From: West London

Lauren Platt
Age: 16From: Essex

Kerrianne Covell
Age: 23From: Teeside

The Overs - Helen Fulthorpe
Age: 33From: Cardiff

Fleur East
Age: 26From: East London

Lizzy Pattinson
Age: 31From: Barnes

Jay James
Age: 31From: Sandersfoot, Wales

Stevi Ritchie
Age: 34From: Essex

Ben Haenow
Age: 29From: Croydon

The Groups - Only The Young

Concept

New Girl Band

The Brooks

New Boy Band
