X Factor winner Matt Terry new single out now: WHAT happened to all the other winners?

Terry is hoping he can break the X Factor curse that has left many previous winners tumbling from their thrones with tarnished crowns.

For every Leona Lewis there has been a Leon Jackson and the odds are sadly not in Terry’s favour.

Terry spoke of today’s single release and said: “The whole album is about my life over the last year and a half. It’s about being at the start of a relationship and how everything’s great, then it starts to crack, then Sucker For You comes in just after that.”

But will Terry be a sucker or a success? And how will he compare with those who came before?

He added: “It’s about knowing you love someone more than they love you. Even though they’re f**king up and not being a great partner, you’re sticking with them and basically being a bit of a loser.”

Perhaps he should stop mentioning losers as we look at the hits and misses of the last 13 years.

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2004 Steve Brookstein: MISS

The only was is up after the show’s controversial first champ. His winner’s single, a cover of Phil Collins’ Against All Odds lost out on the mythical Christmas number one to the Band Aid 20 revamp of Do They Know It’s Christmas? but hit the top spot in its second week.

No hits followed and he was dropped by SonyBMG eight months into his contract and has feuded with Simon Cowell ever since.

His 2014 album Forgotten Man failed to chart but an X Factor memoir, Getting Over the X, focussed on Cowell and co and was a hit.

2005 Shayne Ward: HIT

Ward was more typical X Factor fodder. Handsome and poptastic, he scored the show’s first Christmas number one with That’s My Goal. A million-pound contract with Cowell’s Syco label followed and a smash hit debut album, Stand By Me, went platinum in the UK.

He was eventually dropped by Syco in 2011 after poor sales of third album Obsession.

Ward also pioneered to crossover into reality shows, appearing on Dancing on Ice.

He is now a bigger star as an actor after first starring in West End musical Rock of Ages, before baggng the role of philandering factory owner Aidan Connor in Coronation Street.

2006: Leona Lewis – HIT

Undoubtedly the biggest international star the show has ever produced.

Her winner’ single was a cover of Kelly Clarkson’s A Moment Like This, and dominated the Christmas charts, selling more copies than the rest of the Top 40 combined.

Bleeding Love made her a huge star in the US and worldwide.

Her Christmas track One More Sleep in 2013 was a big comeback hit but she broke the X Factor trend by quitting Cowell’s record company of her own volition. 

These days she is happy to make music as she chooses and spend time on her spawling US ranch.

2007 Leon Jackson – MISS

Leona was a tough act to follow and her poor male namesake didn’t come close. Outrageous Welsh opera singer Rhydian Roberts was teh big favourite by partisan Scottish voting pulled Leon through.

He duly hit Xmas No1 with a cover of Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston’s duet When You Believe, but follow-up single Don’t Call This Love peaked at number three. Debut album Right Now’s disappointing sales meant he was swiftly dropped.

Jackson continues to write music and tour but hasn’t charted since.

2008 Alexandra Burke: HIT

Burke hit CHristmas No1 with a belting version of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah. She followed it up with a dancefloor diva transformation on thumping hits like Bad Boys and Broken Heels.

After her pop career fizzled she followed Ward’s example and played the Whitney Houston role of Rachel Marron in the West End musical version of The Bodyguard in 2015. She followed that with Sister Act The Musical in 2016.

Burke is also demonstrating her fancy footwork as one of the favourites on this year’s Strictly Come Dancing, with her partner Gorka Marquez.

2009 Joe McElderry: HIT

Joe’s was the first to suffer from an X Factor backlash as his Christmas single was beaten by Rage Against The Machine after an interet campaign.

His debut album, Wide Awake, only reached No3 and sold just over 100,000 copies. It was no surprise when his contract with Syco expired in 2011 and wasn’t renewed in an “amicable” split.

Another swift conversion into reality TV star saw him win Popstar to Opera Star in 2011 and The Jump in 2014. He has also tried his hand at musicals and appeared in Tommy The Rock Opera in Blackpool and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.

He has continued to release themed albums of MOR cover versions which consistently make the Top 10, including his latest, Saturday Night At The Movies.

2010 Matt Cardle: HIT

Cardle famously beat One Direction to the crown, even though Cowell clearly already had his eye of boyband world domination.

He took a cover of Biffy Clyro’s Many of Horror to the Xmas top spot, renamed as When We Collide. Debut album, Letters, hit No2 and stayed on the chart for an impressive 16 weeks.

His desire to stay away from pop music contributed to a split from Syco in 2012, but he has continued to release music with moderate success.

2011 Little Mix: HIT

Little Mix have continued to surprise since they won viewers’ hearts in 2011.

They duly scored a No1 with their winner’s single, a cover of Damien Rice’s Cannonball, but their own material has had far greater amd more lasting effect on both sides of the Atlantic.

Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall have released four hit albums and a whopping 17 singles and collaborated with some of the biggest names in the business.

Still able to sell out arena tours, they are the only X Factor winners who have managed to stay on top for so long and still show no signs of the usual dreaded fade and disapear.

2012 James Arthur: HIT

James Arthur broght an edgy new vibe to the show from the start and threatened to restore some musical credibility. His winner’s single, Impossible, was an enormous hit, selling over 1.25million copies in the UK alone.

However his abrasive personality and unwillingness to censor his social media provoked a succession of crises, accusations of bigotry and lead to his dismissal from Syco. Offended fans were even offerend refunds on his album by iTunes.

In true X Factor inspirational fashion, he was able to seek help and turned his life around, clean up hislife and his drug habit and score another No1 single with Say You Won’t Let Go.

In a show first, he was also resigned to Syco. 

2013 Sam Bailey: MISS

Sam was the perdfect antidote to her predecessor. A classic reality show story of a plucky prison warden with dreams of singing stardom.

She belted her way thorugh every week and took the Xmas No1 with a cover of Demi Lovato’s Skyscraper.

Early highs included supporting Beyonce in concert and bonding with her idol, Michael Bolton, while her mentor Sharon Osbourne became godmother to daugter Miley.

Sam hasn’t repeated her early chart success, however and her contract ended with Syco in 2015. That years she toured the UK as Mamma Morton in the musical Chicago, and earlier this year she released an album, Sing My Heart Out, on her own label.

2014 Ben Haenow – MISS

Ben Haenow generated huge interest and was tipped for credible stardom won the eleventh series of The X Factor in 2014. However, there was already some suspicion that Cowell was already more interested in runner-up Fleur East.

Ben’s self-titled debut abum only hit No10 on the charts and he announced he was no longer with Syco in January 2016.

2015 Louisa Johnson – MISS

The youngest-ever winner of the show at 17 was touted as a genuine British pop princess. The unexpectedly poor performance of debut single Forever Young, which only made it to No9, came as a shock.

Less shocking is the fact that her debut album still hasn’t been released.