X-Factor - John Lennon would be turning in his grave.

By David Raven

Tonight is the first Saturday night in the last 15 weeks without the X-Factor.

Like all good things, it must come to an end.

But people shouldn't be quick to forget that the show doesn't stop at just 'reality TV'.

If Simon Cowell gets his wish and X-Factor winner Joe tops the charts tomorrow, then it will be our fifth successive X-Factor Christmas number one.

So what does this say about the British youth and the music industry?

Long gone are the days when our talented youngsters like the Beatles and Oasis create new sounds in their bedrooms in the hope of creating groundbreaking new music.

As now the same teenagers join the Wayne and Waynettas of our country in flocking to the nearest X-Factor audition in the hope of being this years hot celebrity.

And next years pantomine stars.