X Factor runner-up Jahmene Douglas has revealed that he is still close to winner James Arthur despite their rivalry in the competition. Jahmene, who finished second to James in the final earlier this month, said that he remained one of his closest friends from the series - but his schedule meant that it would be the new year before they could meet up again. "I know that his schedule is going to be absolutely crazy. So I'll just give him some space and harass him in the New Year!" Jahmene said. The former Asda worker, who will join James and other acts including Christopher Maloney and Rylan Clark on next month's X Factor tour, added that he did not want his own music career to be rooted in one genre. "I think my album would be so mixed. Think of Whitney Houston's My Love Is Your Love album - that kind of mix between ballads, gospel and R'n'B, a bit of jazz," he said. "I'm just trying to get back that music from the olden days, because I'm missing it." And he admitted that he would also like to release his version of The Beatles' Let It Be - which would have been his debut single if he had won. "It would be a shame to let it go to waste," he said.
