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X Factor chiefs have Sir Paul McCartney lined up for live final...ITV series. If Macca signs, the theme for the grand final would be Beatles week, which has been postponed from tonight's show. An X Factor insider revealed: "The big plan by Simon Cowell is to get Sir Paul for the final, which would be... In this article: X Factor, Paul McCartney, Beatles, Simon Cowell, Mariah Carey, George Michael, I Want to Know What Love Is, ITV, Wham, and Strictly Come Dancing |
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Sunday Mirror | 6 hours ago
X Factor star Cheryl Cole blasts rumours of a split with husband Ashley Cole
...man better. The pair dote on each other. They are more in love than ever before. "She loves it that Ashley is there to support her at X Factor and every step of the way with her solo career too. "While he has been injured they have been...
In this article: Ashley Cole, Cheryl Cole, X Factor, I Can't Make You Love Me, I'm Your Man, Set the Fire to the Third Bar, Chelsea, Twitter, and George Michael
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Sunday Mirror | 13 hours ago
X Factor: Cheryl Cole and The X Factor finalists model bizarre headwear
This year's X Factor has been billed as the most fashionable yet, with Dannii Minogue and Cheryl Cole's ongoing style war, Stacey Solomon's dazzling frocks and Jedward's, er, PVC costumes. However, as the contestants turned up to the...
In this article: Cheryl Cole, Pineapple, and Dannii Minogue
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BBC News | 23 hours ago
Odds slashed on 'Jedward' X Factor success
Bookmakers initially thought the twins did not stand a chance of winning The odds on John and Edward winning the X Factor have dropped after a company said it had found a way to register votes from the Irish Republic. Viewers across the...
In this article: X Factor, Edward, Pineapple, Simon Cowell, and North Africa
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Telegraph.co.uk - UK news | 1 day ago
X Factor: Danyl Johnson threatens to quit over song choice
Danyl Johnson has threatened to leave the X Factor in a row over the song his mentor, Simon Cowell, has chosen for him. Published: 7:09AM GMT 19 Nov 2009 X Factor contestants Stacey Solomon and Danyl Johnson meeting one year old Lilly...
In this article: Simon Cowell, X Factor, X Factor, Yvie Burnett, Praying for Time, and George Michael
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Telegraph.co.uk - All news | 3 days ago
X Factor's John and Edward embroiled in cheating row
X Factor contestants John and Edward have become embroiled in a "cheating" controversy after claims that technicians were forced to drown out their vocals. X Factor contestants John and Edward Photo: PA The Irish twins -dubbed Jedward -...
In this article: X Factor, Daily Mirror, Under Pressure, and Simon Cowell
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Times Online | 4 days ago
Calvin Harris slams X Factor after stage invasion with pineapple
...was escorted from the television studios after the stunt and he was replaced on the guest panel of the ITV show's spin-off The Xtra Factor by presenter Nick Grimshaw. Speaking on The Chris Moyles Show this morning, Harris said: "I was just...
In this article: Calvin Harris, Pineapple, Simon Cowell, Sting, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Dance Wiv Me, and ITV
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Daily Mail | 4 days ago
Sunday's the new Saturday in ratings war as I'm A Celebrity hits screens... but X Factor still triumphs with 16million viewers
...and vicars. But Sunday night television has been given a radical revamp and viewers are turning on in droves. The addition of the X Factor results show, daring stunts on car maniac's show Top Gear and the return of flagship reality show...
In this article: ITV, X Factor, David Tennant, Simon Cowell, Doctor Who, I'm a celebrity, and Top Gear
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Hecklerspray | 4 days ago
X Factor Recap: People Finally Realise How Rubbish Jamie Archer Is
...Johnson - So, Danyl Johnson - the man who's been uniformly criticised for his unwarranted cockiness since X Factor began - chose X Factor's Queen Night to sing a song called We Are The Champions, as originally performed by a man who...
In this article: X Factor, Queen, and We Are the Champions
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Telegraph.co.uk - All news | 5 days ago
Jamie Archer voted off X Factor as 'Jedward' remain in ITV show
Jamie Archer has been voted off X Factor as 'Jedward' remain in the ITV talent show. By Urmee Khan, Digital and Media Correspondent Published: 10:41PM GMT 15 Nov 2009 Archer left the X Factor after failing to win the public vote with...
In this article: X Factor, Simon Cowell, Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody, Hero, and Heroes
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BBC News | November 11, 2009
Sting calls X Factor 'televised karaoke'
Sting calls X Factor 'TV karaoke' As a solo musician Sting has notched up 11 Grammys Rock star Sting has called the X Factor "televised karaoke" and said judges like Simon Cowell have "no recognisable talent apart from self-promotion".
In this article: Sting, Simon Cowell, Grammys, The Police, Oscar, Evening Standard, and Golden Globe
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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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