Girl power dominated 'X Factor' votes

Girls came out on top every week during the latest series of 'The X Factor', with female acts dominating every heat, new figures show.

Voting patterns from throughout the series have been released by programme bosses which show the boys did not get a look-in from the start.

And the eventual winners Little Mix did not head the list until the seventh week of the 10 live heats.

Last year the victor Matt Cardle topped the voting every week. But this year, three acts took turns to grab the public’s affections and head the field.

Tyrone teenager Janet Devlin led the viewers’ voting for four straight weeks and only lost her position when Amelia Lily was voted back into the competition. From then on it was Amelia or Little Mix who went on to lead each week. And girl group Little Mix were then clear favourites from the semi-final onwards.

The votes went as follows:

:: Final results:

Little Mix: 48.3%

Marcus Collins: 42.8%

Amelia Lily (carried over from before the freeze): 8.9%

:: The final (first stage – when votes were frozen):

Little Mix: 39.0%

Marcus Collins: 34.5%

Amelia Lily: 26.5%

:: The semi-final

Little Mix: 34.4%

Marcus Collins: 24.0%

Amelia Lily: 21.4%

Misha B: 20.2%

:: Week 8:

Amelia Lily: 23.8%

Little Mix: 22.4%

Marcus Collins: 21.0%

Janet Devlin: 18.3%

Misha B: 14.5%

:: Week 7:

Little Mix: 26.1%

Misha B: 22.5%

Janet Devlin: 14.8%

Marcus Collins: 14.4%

Amelia Lily: 11.3%

Craig Colton: 10.9%

:: Week 6:

Amelia Lily: 27.4%

Janet Devlin: 17.4%

Little Mix: 15.3%

Marcus Collins: 12.9%

Craig Colton: 10.6%

Kitty Brucknell: 8.4%

Misha B: 8.0%

:: Week 6 (when an eliminated vote was voted back):

Amelia Lily: 48.8%

James Michael: 26.7%

JonJo Kerr: 13.2%

2 Shoes: 11.3%

:: Week 5:

Janet Devlin: 18.0%

Marcus Collins: 16.0%

Misha B: 12.2%

Little Mix: 11.9%

Craig Colton: 10.1%

Frankie Cocozza: 8.7%

Johnny Robinson: 8.3%

Kitty Brucknell: 7.6%

The Risk: 7.2%

:: Week 4:

Janet Devlin: 14.7%

Little Mix: 13.7%

Craig Colton: 13.0%

Kitty Brucknell: 12.9%

Johnny Robinson: 12.2%

Marcus Collins: 10.1%

The Risk: 7.2%

Frankie Cocozza: 5.7%

Sophie Habibis: 5.4%

Misha B: 5.1%

:: Week 3:

Janet Devlin: 17.2%

Johnny Robinson: 17.1%

Misha B: 11.8%

Marcus Collins: 11.2%

The Risk: 8.3%

Little Mix: 6.0%

Frankie Cocozza: 6.0%

Craig Colton: 6.0%

Sophie Habibis: 5.8%

Sami Brookes: 5.6%

Kitty Brucknell: 5.0%

:: Week 2:

Janet Devlin: 23.6%

The Risk: 10.9%

Sophie Habibis: 8.9%

Little Mix: 8.7%

Misha B: 7.8%

Craig Colton: 6.9%

Marcus Collins: 6.8%

Johnny Robinson: 6.5%

Sami Brookes: 6.2%

Kitty Brucknell: 5.9%

Frankie Cocozza: 5.2%

Nu Vibe: 2.6%

:: Week 1:

Judges chose to vote out 2 Shoes, Amelia Lily, James Michael and JonJo Kerr.