X Factor winner 2016: Matt Terry WINS over bookies' tip Saara Aalto
X FACTOR crowned Matt Terry their winner tonight after a fierce battle against Saara Aalto.
Matt Terry wins The X Factor 2016
Host Dermot O'Leary announced that the show had received a whopping 6.4 million votes, the highest of the entire series.
Simon Cowell said: "You came into this final as good artists, you've left as great artists.
"What I promise you Matt is that we will give you 100 per cent."
An emotional Matt dropped to the floor before saying: "Thank you so much, everybody."
Matt Terry performs stunning rendition of Silent Night
Thank you so much, everybody.
On The Xtra Factor, Matt said: "I just can't believe I'm standing here. I really want to say thank you to everybody who supported me and allowed me to win. I've wanted it for so long. I don't know how I got through this. I can't believe this is happening."
Mentor Nicole Scherzinger added: "I'm just so happy for Matt, I'm so over the moon, I feel like I've won The X Factor too. He just has it.
"Not to discredit any of the others, but I just felt it tonight when he was up there. It was magical."
Runner-up Saara, 29, said: "I am so happy for him, I love him. Thank you so much for having me here Sharon."
Matt's former teachers Donna and Bonnie Sullivan told Express.co.uk: "We want to wish you all the success in the world, with all your talent we knew it was only a matter of time, and now it’s your time.
"Good things come to those that wait. It’s a big message to people. People think stardom comes in a click and just happens. It doesn’t. It takes a lot of bloody hard work, and you have put that work in. Congratulations."
Earlier in the evening Kylie Minogue, Madness, Little Mix and Charlie Puth performed.
The X Factor returns to ITV in 2017.