Dalton Harris wins 'The X Factor' 2018

Dalton wins The X Factor 2018 (Credit: Syco/Thames)
Dalton wins The X Factor 2018 (Credit: Syco/Thames)

Dalton Harris has won the 2018 series of The X Factor.

The odds-on favourite fended off competition from Scarlett Lee and Anthony Russell to scoop the title.

His winner’s single will be The Power of Love, the Frankie Goes To Hollywood cover he performed tonight as a duet with former X Factor star and ninth series winner James Arthur.

He also gets a recording contract with Simon Cowell’s Syco Records.

His fans, of course, went wild…

The 24-year-old Jamaican-born singer, who wowed judges with his very first audition song Sorry Seems To He The Hardest Word, sang the show out with Arthur, before former contestants finally stormed the stage.

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Dalton had already found fame in Jamaica, on the TV talent show Rising Stars in 2014, landing a record contract, a number one single and recording three albums.

But after his career faltered, it’s taken The X Factor to bring him back into the spotlight.

It was an occasionally dazzling and baffling final – from opening with Baby Shark and a cameo appearance from Simon Cowell’s son Eric, via Anthony’s jarringly lairy performance of I Predict A Riot (it’s a charity single after all), to Robbie joining Take That on stage for a medley of his former band’s songs.

Dalton Harris with Scarlett Lee and Anthony Russell (Credit: Syco/Thames)
Dalton Harris with Scarlett Lee and Anthony Russell (Credit: Syco/Thames)

Louis Tomlinson, Dalton’s series mentor, said: “He’s been a true professional and a real winner throughout this.”

Simon Cowell then thanked his sponsors, takeaway website Just Eat, which took a bit of a shine off proceedings, to be honest.

Bootle’s Anthony scored third place, with Surrey-born Scarlett landing in second.

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