Having subsequently released a CD single called The Climb, who won the 2009 X Factor?
The X Factor (UK series 6) The X Factor (UK series 6) The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The sixth series started on ITV on 22 August 2009 and was won by Joe McElderry on 13 December 2009. Cheryl Cole emerged as the winning mentor for the second consecutive year, the first time in the show's history that a mentor has won back-to-back series. The show was presented by Dermot O'Leary, with spin-off show "The Xtra Factor" presented by Holly Willoughby on ITV2. McElderry's winner's single was a cover version of Miley Cyrus's "The Climb". Public auditions by
CD single 7" vinyl combined total of 64 copies, where it reached No. 16 in the Mid-Week Chart. In March 2011, Mercury Records announced that they were to stop manufacturing CD singles for lack of demand and loss of money on the format in 2010. As of 2012, selected HMV stores sold a small selection of CD singles, mostly charity releases and acts from "The X Factor". CD single A CD single (sometimes abbreviated to CDS) is a music single in the form of a compact disc. The standard in the Red Book for the term "CD single" is an 8cm (3