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"Simon Cowell has claimed that if he had to pick one X Factor act to sign to his SyCo record label it would be Rebecca Ferguson. Speaking about his favourite acts on the show, excluding his own group One Direction, Cowell said that Ferguson and Matt Cardle &amp;quot;stood out&amp;quot; from the rest of the pack. &amp;quot;Based on last night, and I said this at the beginning of the show, the two that stood out by a mile were Matt and Rebecca,&amp;quot; he told The Xtra Factor. &amp;quot;What we&amp;#039;re interested in on this show is that they turn into recording artists. They were incredible last night.&amp;quot; When pressed further on a single act that had stood out for him, he said: &amp;quot;Based on last night&amp;#039;s performance, I would go for Rebecca.&amp;quot; Ferguson&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Make You Feel My Love&amp;#039; and Cardle&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)&amp;#039; won huge praise from the judges on Saturday&amp;#039;s American Anthems show. &amp;gt; What the judges said: &amp;#039;X Factor&amp;#039; final 10 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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