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By Luke Lewis

Posted on 10/11/09 at 04:28:02 pm

Did you notice? In last Saturday's X Factor, there was a subtle plug, barely perceptible, almost subliminal really, for Disney's new film, Disney's A Christmas Carol™. It's entirely possible you missed it, because Dermot O'Leary only mentioned it, oh, 30 or so times, before every single bit of VT.

The contestants had all been to the premiere of Disney's A Christmas Carol™ during the week, see, and their red-carpet exploits were dropped into the show in a bid to break up the performances and build some emotive backstory.

Meanwhile, this was 'songs from the movies' week, so of course we were treated to such entirely random track selections as, er, 'This Is Me' (from Disney's Camp Rock) and 'Circle Of Life' (from Disney's The Lion King).

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