A rumour has been doing the rounds on various X Factor forums today, suggesting that Girls Aloud have been lined up to perform on the X Factor final should Joe McElderry make it through.

Now this is COMPLETELY UNCONFIRMED, but some have suggested that the girl group would sing the James Morrison hit Broken Strings. The girls have performed the track with James before (see video above) on their TV show last year and on tour.

We’d love to know what you think of this rumour and whether you think the duet would work. If it does go ahead, wouldn’t it be great if all the finalists did a collaboration with their mentor? We’d love to see Simon Cowell croon.