The TV mogul appeared to concede that Gareth Malone’s Military Wives would snatch the Christmas No.1 spot after X Factor winners Little Mix suffered the lowest sales figures from a debut single in seven years.
Mr Cowell tweeted: ‘Congrats to Little Mix & congrats to Military Wives. It’s a great cause & a worthy Christmas No.1.’
Little Mix limped to the No.1 spot on Sunday night with their cover of Damien Rice’s hit Cannonball.
Although 15million viewers tuned in to watch The X Factor final, the track sold just 210,000 copies in its first week.
Single releases are usually timed to coincide with the week of the Christmas No.1 but this year, programme bosses released the track a week early.
Little Mix can, however, take comfort in the fact their single achieved the biggest first week sales for a single so far this year. It also outsold the rest of the week’s top five combined.
The No.1 will be announced during a special Christmas Day Top of the Pops on BBC One at 2pm.
Metro
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