The X Factor winning song to be Don’t Stop Believin by Journey

As we draw to a close to this year X Factor, thoughts have naturally started to turn to the winner’s song. The likely ballad is a song so bland it could fit the mood for almost any TV show.

However it may be different this year, it has been reported that the winner of The X Factor will get to sing Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin. If you are reading this post and thought hang on, I thought Joe sang that a few weeks ago on Rock week? you would be right.

Don’t Stop Believin’ is a song so heartfelt that television can use it to underline any point it feels like making. And it does, again and again. Here are a few examples of the song’s uses? What’s the best accompaniment for a bland voiceover about believing in your dreams? A bland power ballad about believing in your dreams. Some say that Don’t Stop Believin was used for the final scene of The Sopranos because It goes on and on and on and on.

To read more on this story go to guardian.co.uk. What song would you like to hear the winner of the X Factor sing? Let us know your thoughts.