Why?

Presumably Biffy had to agree to it.  Which means that they're going to get a whole host of crap for letting Cowell and co use Many of Horror (or When We Collide and Hit Each Other Hard as it shall hence forth be known) as Matt's first single.

One thing straight, I enjoyed X-Factor this year, thanks to Twitter.

I did not enjoy watching Matt murdering one of my favourite bands songs.  At all.

Go buy the real version.  Get that to number one.  It's more than a little bit superior.  Cheers.