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X Factor: Dannii Minogue wants Stacey Solomon to duet with Coldplay's Chris Martin in the final...to duet with Coldplay's Chris Martin in the final X Factor mentor Dannii Minogue has revealed that she wants Coldplay frontman Chris Martin to perform with Stacey Solomon in the final. Last year, the final three contestants were joined on... In this article: Chris Martin, Dannii, X Factor, Coldplay, Dannii Minogue, Alexandra Burke, Twitter, and Paul McCartney |
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ITN Headline News - Showbiz news | October 04, 2009
Is Glasgow sexy? Mobo stars have their say
...the artists who turned up to the 14th annual prizegiving did not agree. Lemar revealed he has performed in the region on tour and was supported by X Factor stars JLS. In fact, a number of top urban artists have graced Scotland's largest...
In this article: Glasgow, Lemar, London, JLS, Coldplay, Jay-Z, X Factor, Hampden Park, Royal Albert Hall, and Scotland
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Sunday Mirror | October 08, 2009
X Factor, Take That, Coldplay and Britney Spears gig tickets could cost more if merger goes ahead
X Factor, Take That, Coldplay and Britney Spears gig tickets could cost more if merger goes ahead Millions of music fans may face dearer concert tickets if a mega-merger is allowed, watchdogs warned yesterday. The Competition Commission...
In this article: Ticketmaster, Coldplay, Live Nation, Britney Spears, X Factor, Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, U2, and UK
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Independent.co.uk - Music | April 14, 2009
British acts eat up bigger share of US market
...range of genres. In 2008, the three biggest-selling British albums in the US were by Coldplay, the Anglo-Australian hard rock veterans AC/DC and the pop/R'n'B star Leona Lewis, winner of The X Factor reality series. Tony Wadsworth,...
In this article: US, Coldplay, UK, Viva la Vida, 'B Leona Lewis, Ac/dc, North America, and British Invasion
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Wikipedia | November 04, 2009
Cheryl Cole
...Knight .. Cole at a performance in supporting Coldplay. On 10 June 2008, it was announced Cole would replace Sharon Osbourne as a judge for the fifth series of The X Factor ''. Cole was given the girls category, subsequently ending up as...
In this article: Cheryl Ann Cole, Girls Aloud, The Promise, Ashley Cole, Taio Cruz, United Kingdom, HarperCollins, Chelsea, and England
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BBC News | December 07, 2008
Leona record-setter tops UK chart
...one since triumphing on The X Factor at the end of 2006. Her song was given a release after performances on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge and The X Factor received positive reactions. It also appeared on an enhanced re-release of her debut...
In this article: Leona Lewis, Take That, Run, Britney Spears, Colplay, Circus, Womanizer, BBC Radio 1, and Bleeding Love
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Guardian Unlimited | December 29, 2008
X Factor winner and Duffy top the year's charts
...fourth, while Coldplay's fourth album, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, was fifth. X Factor winner and Duffy top the year's charts 17 Sep 2008: More surreal goings on in this, the third part of our exclusive mini-series...
In this article: Duffy, Alexandra Burke, Official Charts Company, Leona Lewis, Simon Cowell, Spirit, UK, Only by the Night, and Mercy
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Wales Online | September 16, 2009
Music: Welsh musician rockets to the top of Japan's charts
...in the land of the rising sun Japan. Acts like Oasis and Coldplay hold a dedicated, if niche, following on Asian soilthere, while X Factor winner Shayne Ward - largely forgotten about on his native British and Irish turf - released a...
In this article: Japan, Coldplay, EMI, VH1, Katy Perry, Star Wars trilogy, Darth Vader, Shayne Ward, and Future of the Left
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Wikipedia | October 26, 2009
Gordon Smart
...Cleish Parish Church, near Kinross. The couple announced they were expecting their first child in February 2010 after Alexandra Burke, X Factor winner 2008, used her Twitter account to congratulate him. Smart has allegiances to rockbands...
In this article: Gordon Smart, Edinburgh, DC Thomson, Victoria Newton, The Sun, Hibs, London, Alexandra Burke, and News of the World
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NME Reviews | September 25, 2009
Live: Live review: Coldplay/Jay-Z
...giant yellow balloons which, in predictably cheesy fashion, float out during the soppiness of 'Yellow', which is then turned into a comedy X Factor skit. Fair enough, Coldplay do take the piss out of themselves, but Simon Cowell's pink, smug...
In this article: Jay-Z, Coldplay, Chris Martin, Run This Town, Recessions, Credit crunch, Encore, Clocks, and Billie Jean
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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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