Dalton Harris wins The X Factor 2018

The Jamaican singer mentored by Louis Tomlinson beat Scarlett Lee and Anthony Russell in the ITV final

Thomas Ling

Published: Sunday, 2 December 2018 at 8:53 pm

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Dalton Harris has been declared the winner of The X Factor 2018.

Host Dermot O'Leary announced the singer was champion of the show's 15th series, beating fellow finalists Scarlett Lee (who came second in the contest) and Anthony Russell (third) in Sunday night's show.

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The 24-year-old Jamaican – who was mentored by first-time judge Louis Tomlinson – won the contest without appearing in a single sing-off.

However, The X Factor isn’t Dalton’s first talent show win. In 2010 he won Digicel Rising Stars, a televised talent show in his home country, aged just 16. He released three albums prior to his appearance on The X Factor.

Dalton was hot favourite to the win the contest, with a RadioTimes.com poll of over 13,000 votes suggesting 62.34% of viewers backed the singer to win. Scarlett and Anthony split the remaining vote, on 20.62% and 17.04% respectively.

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This year's X Factor winner's song will be The Power of Love, a duet between Dalton and 2012 champ James Arthur.

Dalton performed the song on Sunday night's show, an evening that also saw Scarlett duet One More Sleep with Leona Lewis, and Anthony perform I Predict a Riot with band Kaiser Chiefs.