Facebook Pwns X-Factor Winner

A group on Facebook is about to beat Joe McElderry, winner of the X-Factor, the British musical talent show. They started a campaign to get a number one Christmas hit.

"Killing in the name" for Christmas number 1, was started by a couple of friends on Facebook. They want to get as many people as possible to buy 'Killing in the Name', a song by Rage Against The Machines from 1992, on iTunes.

Simon Cowell is not amused. He told the BBC that this is cynical and blunt. He also said he took this personal.

Joe's song is a cover of 'The Climb', a song originally done by Miley Cyrus. At the moment, 'Killing in the Name' has 60,000 more copies than 'The Climb'