X-factor-finals in realtime. The winner is...Google?

Sun 13 December 2009 23:20, Bas van den Beld

I just watched the X-factor finals. And no, I didn't use a tv. I didn't even see the winner's face. But I did find out who won: Joe did. Joe who? I have no idea. Since I'm not in the UK this X-factor series is not really on my list, I can't watch it from here.

But luckily there is Twitter. And since this week there is Google real time search. And I watched the final moments of X-factor 2009 using Google real time search. A search on "X-factor" gave me live tweets, not from minutes ago, but from seconds ago. And it worked. See below the footage of the X-factor finals, through realtime search.

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