Matt Terry has been crowned the winner of The X Factor 2016, saying it's the "most incredible experience" of his entire life.
The 23-year-old singer dropped to the floor in shock after host Dermot O'Leary announced that he had won on Sunday night's tense results show.
Your @TheXFactor 2016 winner is .. @MattTerry93, Congratulations Matt on your win #XFactorFinal pic.twitter.com/BYckhVSPIm
— GMB Daily (@GMBDaily) December 11, 2016
Terry beat off stiff competition from Finnish singer Saara Aalto to be named the winner of the latest season of the singing competition, with over 6.4 million votes cast from viewers.
A tearful Terry simply said "thank you so much" after being told he had won the series.
Despite the patchy record of record X Factor winners, Simon Cowell promised to give his full support to Terry.
"What I promise you Matt is that we will give you 100 per cent. You deserve this opportunity. Saara, what can I say you were incredible as well."
"I want to say to both of you that you came into this final as good artists and you've ended as great artists.
After he recovered from the shock of winning, Terry took to the X Factor stage to give a performance of the winner's single.
The song, When Christmas Comes Around, certainly has plenty of hit making potential as it was written by the one and only Ed Sheeran.
Meanwhile if things don't work out for Matt Terry, Simon Cowell will always have Honey G as a back up after the controversial rapper was signed by his record label, Syco.
Considered by many to be the novelty act of the series - and at one stage a potential threat to win - she said she is releasing her first single later this month and suggested that an album will follow.
Honey G made the announcement in a video message on Twitter during the Sunday night final of the ITV show.
HONEY G OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IM SIGNED BY SYCO, SIMON COWELLS RECORD LABEL pic.twitter.com/2oFWRADPoM
— HONEY G - RAP ARTIST (@The_Honey_G) December 11, 2016
