SINGING sensation Jahmene Douglas will not be canvassing for votes ahead of the final but will instead let his voice do the talking.

The 22-year-old singer will be up against James Arthur and Christopher Maloney in the final of the competition tonight in front of 10,000 people in Manchester.

Jahmene has sailed through so far, not appearing in the bottom two throughout the entire series, but says he will not be pleading for votes from the public to help him win.

He said: “I’m not one to say ‘vote for me vote for me’, because if it’s something that’s going happen, it’s going happen.

“If you’re a good enough singer then people will vote for you.

“I never force or demand things, so all I’m going do is be the best that I can be.

“If that doesn’t work out then I know that I’ve done my best.”

Jahmene has won fans this year because of his humble nature and he has thanked everyone who has helped him to get to this stage.

“If I could I would hug you all individually, and pay you, but I can’t,” he said.

“I’m so appreciative, so grateful and thankful.

“I’ve come from nothing, I’ve come from mark-downs, I’ve come from Oxfam, I’ve come from not having presents at Christmas, so to come to this side of the game, I just have to give it all back.”

Thousands followed Jahmene around Swindon on Wednesday as he came home to film footage ahead of the show.

He arrived by helicopter at Abbey Meads School before visiting colleagues at Asda and performing with his choir at the Gorse Hill Community Centre.

An estimated 28,000 then braved the cold weather to catch a glimpse of the singer as he helped turn on the Christmas lights in Wharf Green.

Jahmene said he was looking forward to the final but hoped his visit had not made him ill.

He said: “Well, I currently have a cold and I think I might have got hypothermia throughout Wednesday, but the day is done.

“I am excited for this weekend, in front of 10,000, not as many as were out at the lights switch on, but in the Manchester NEC.

“It is just going to be insane because the stage is bigger, your sets are going to be bigger and the audience is huge.

“The love literally hits you in the face when they scream, like the sound hits you, like a wall of sound, I can’t explain it unless you stand there, it’s just incredible.

“I’m excited, I’m talking too much.”

Jahmene, though, is already looking ahead of the final and hopes to release an album whether he is crowned champion or not, and he has one aim tonight and that is to sing his heart out for his mum.

“It is as simple as it is, sing very well, make sure that I’m staying true to myself, not compromising myself, and just singing.

“And if that doesn’t work then I’m still going to make an album at some point, and hopefully that will do the job.

“For me, it’s about respecting my mother and what she’s brought me up with, she’s been a saint to me so if I was to stray from that pathway I would be disrespecting her so I have to stick to what I know. If I go away from that this dream could collapse.”