The charity factor

Peter Kay may have stormed up the hit parade with his spoof reality TV ditty, The Winner's Song, and beat The X Factor winner Leon Jackson, but the ITV1 ratings juggernaut is set to get its own back this weekend. The 12 finalists in The X Factor, including the three acts already kicked off, have recorded a charity version of Mariah Carey's Hero, renamed Help the Heroes, which was premiered on the show on Saturday night. After only being on sale for a day, the record is already the fastest selling of the year so far, sitting atop the Play.com download chart and number three on iTunes. The song is also the No.1 selling single at HMV, while Amazon.co.uk sold out within just a few hours. The single is The X Factor's first charity release, with all net record company proceeds going to the Help For Heroes charity that provides support for wounded servicemen and women. Monkey wouldn't bet on the record being the fastest selling song of the year for long, however, with The X Factor winner's single due out just in time for Christmas.