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" The X Factor champ covering Miley Bloody Cyrus? Huh? Has Sinitta been slipping something into Simon&amp;#039;s butterscotch Angel Delight? Actually though, once you get over the initial WTF?!, it becomes clear that &amp;#039;The Climb&amp;#039; is perfect winner&amp;#039;s single material - a shamelessly sentimental power ballad about moving mountains, taking chances, keeping the faith and the like. Crucially, it wasn&amp;#039;t too big a hit over here either, peaking just outside the top ten when Cyrus released it back in February. It also quite suits Joe McElderry, a pop singer who&amp;#039;s closer to Cliff than Justin, more kisses &amp;#039;n&amp;#039; cuddles than damp panties. The South Shields lad is as listenable as ever here, tackling every clich\u00C3\u00A9 with his usual note-perfect conviction and comfortably rising above the rumpus on the choir-backed crescendo. The result? As surprising as finding a turkey sarnie parked in front of you five minutes before &amp;#039;Enders on Christmas night, but just as satisfying in its own stodgy, familiar way. Now, aren&amp;#039;t you glad that we \u00E2\u20AC\u201C well, 61.3% of us, anyway - plumped for the clearly superior KellyBronze over the bogstandard supermarket jobbie?  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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