Claim: Eoghan Quigg placed 1st for the first five weeks of the 2007-2008 season of The X Factor (created by British producer Simon Cowell and his company SYCOtv) but placed 3rd in the final round.
Evidence: Week 1 1st Week 2 1st Week 3 1st Week 4 1st Week 5 1st Final 3rd place Simon Cowell As a result of his X Factor success, Quigg was due to be signed by Simon Cowell, X Factor creator/producer and owner and CEO of Syco Records, but was instead signed to RCA after Cowell pulled out. The show is produced by Fremantle's Thames and Cowell's production company Syco Entertainment. Simon Phillip Cowell
(1959-10-07) 7 October 1959 (age 61)
London, England