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Cowell helps cancer toddler fundCowell helps cancer toddler fund A Tyneside toddler is to have cancer treatment in the United States after X Factor judge Simon Cowell stepped in to plug a fund-raising shortfall. The pop mogul has agreed to pay an undisclosed sum to allow... In this article: Simon Cowell, Cancer, Neuroblastoma, Alexandra Burke, X Factor, New York, and United States |
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Daily Mail | October 31, 2009
THE INSIDER: Dannii Minogue texted me: 'Thank you for the opportunity you gave me to be me'
...was wild-eyed, nervy, and didn't sing that brilliantly. Emotional: Dannii Minogue on Life Stories where the X Factor judge talks about her failed marriage and sister Kylie's cancer All of which was true. But I saw something else. And that...
In this article: Dannii Minogue, Boris Becker, Cancer, Robbie Williams, Take That, X Factor, and Dog
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Sunday Mirror | October 28, 2009
X Factor judge Dannii Minogue weeps over break-up of marriage and Kylie's cancer fight
...said 'I do' and the news her big sister Kylie had cancer. The X Factor judge cried as she opened up about depressing periods of her life in an interview with TV's Piers Morgan. And the singer, 38, talked honestly about her plans to start...
In this article: Dannii Minogue, Cancer, Piers Morgan, Breast cancer, Playboy, Julian McMahon, and Nip-Tuck
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Generous side of Simon Cowell: X Factor judge donates GBP100,000 to cancer-stricken youngster
...2009 He is renowned for his withering put-downs and his ruthless streak, but X Factor judge Simon Cowell showed his more generous side today when he gave GBP100,000 to help save the life of a cancer-stricken youngster. The pop...
In this article: Simon Cowell, X Factor, Alexandra Burke, Cancer, Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, U.S., and Neuroblastoma
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Scotland on Sunday | November 03, 2009
Cowell boosts cancer treatment bid
...girl to have cancer treatment in America. The X Factor judge agreed to pay the remaining money for Sophie Atay to get medical care which will improve her chances of survival. Singer Alexandra Burke rang her mother Karine Atay,...
In this article: Simon Cowell, Cancer, Alexandra Burke, Neuroblastoma, and New York
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Times Online | November 14, 2009
Girl reinvented: Dannii Minogue
...Louboutins Cheryl gave her for her birthday are still in their box "being worshipped"). The X Factor and Australia's Got Talent (she's flying off to Melbourne as soon as one show finishes here to start filming the other there) are, Dannii...
In this article: Simon Cowell, Dannii, Sharon Osbourne, Dannii Minogue, Botox, and Piers Morgan
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The X Factor is a British television music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions. It is broadcast on Saturdays on the ITV Network in the UK and on TV3 in the Republic of Ireland, with spin-off "behind-the-scenes" shows The Xtra Factor and The X Factor 24/7 screened on ITV2 and TV3. It is produced by FremantleMedia's talkbackTHAMES and Simon Cowell's production company SYCOtv. The "X Factor" of the title refers to the undefinable "something" that makes for star quality.
The X Factor is the biggest television talent competition in Europe, with 182,000 auditioning for series 5. The prize is a £1,000,000 (sterling) recording contract (in addition to the publicity that appearance in the later stages of the show itself generates, not only for the winner but also for other highly ranked contestants). The show has proved hugely popular with audiences, with the series 4 final attracting 12.7 million viewers (approximately a 55% share). There have been four winners to date: Steve Brookstein (although he has since been dropped by Simon Cowell's record label after they fell out), Shayne Ward, Leona Lewis and Leon Jackson respectively. The winner's first single is usually released around the Christmas season, in an effort to become the UK's Christmas number one single. As of series 4, each winner's single has entered the UK Singles Chart at number one, three of them being number one at Christmas (see music releases by X Factor contestants).
- Name:
- The X Factor
- Produced by:
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- talkbackTHAMES (part of FremantleMedia)
- SYCOtv
- Created By:
- Simon Cowell
- Length:
- 60 – 120 minutes
- Format:
- Talent show
- Website:
- http://www.itv.com/xfactor
- Language:
- English
- Broadcast Channel:
- ITV2
- First:
- September 04, 2004
- Last:
- present
- Number of Episodes:
- 18 (Series 3)
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