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"We might know and love X Factor&amp;#039;s James Arthur for his upturned collar and ability to strum a guitar at any given moment, but apparently he&amp;#039;s still completely shocked that his indie approach to music managed to win him the show.  The fact that James&amp;#039;s debut single Impossible has already become the fastest-selling X Factor winner&amp;#039;s single of all time should probably be enough to reassure him that he isn&amp;#039;t the butt of some large cosmic joke, but even so he&amp;#039;s still surprised about the whole thing. In fact, when he first entered the show, James didn&amp;#039;t think his alternative style would necessarily be that popular with the usually more mainstream approach of X Factor. Speaking to Digital Spy, James said: &amp;amp;quot;I didn&amp;#039;t think I&amp;#039;d fit the criteria of the show because you do have to have the full package, and I&amp;#039;ve never looked at myself as a Justin Bieber.&amp;amp;quot;  &amp;amp;quot;But I had belief in my abilities and faith in the set of skills I had as a musician. I&amp;#039;ve surprised myself, but I have a lot more self belief now,&amp;amp;quot; he continued. &amp;amp;quot;Hopefully I&amp;#039;ve made some sort of history on the show just by doing something a little bit different - I&amp;#039;m not professing to be the greatest thing to come out of The X Factor or anything like that, but I&amp;#039;ve definitely stuck to my guns and I think that&amp;#039;s helped me.&amp;amp;quot; Bearing in mind that he&amp;#039;s wandering around with the (admittedly imaginary) X Factor crown on his head, it&amp;#039;s probably not surprising that James is raving about just how great the show is. That said, it does sound like he&amp;#039;s got a point.  &amp;amp;quot;There isn&amp;#039;t a platform out there better than The X Factor,&amp;amp;quot; he said. &amp;amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s all politics [in the music industry]. You&amp;#039;ve got to know someone who knows someone who knows someone to get the type of coverage you&amp;#039;ll get on The X Factor... I had to do it purely because, who doesn&amp;#039;t want to be successful?&amp;amp;quot; Having seen him sing every week for the last two months without the merest hint of a white tracksuit or jaunty leather gilet, we can&amp;#039;t say we&amp;#039;re that surprised to hear James say he isn&amp;#039;t planning on going the Bieber route to be honest. Not that we&amp;#039;d have a problem if he did fancy thrusting his crotch about on stage, but you know. What do you think - has James got a point? X Factor winner Jame Arthur plans Simon Cowell dental makeover James Arthur: I&amp;#039;ve already written songs for One Direction X Factor&amp;#039;s James Arthur wants Jahmene Douglas duet "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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