Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and Dannii Minogue return with new judge Cheryl Cole for another series of The X Factor. This is our X Factor blog with all the latest X Factor news and gossip and opinions.
Michael Barrymore has humiliated himself once more, making us wish he would just give TV up for good.
During an appearance on Ireland’s Saturday Night Show, the former Celebrity Big Brother housemate clucked like a chicken, declared himself the leader of the sheep society, and burst into song singing:
Rage Against The Machine will be announcing the details of their free UK gig later this week.
The group promised fans the concert, if their single ‘Killing In The Name Of’ managed to claim the Christmas number one spot over Joe McElderry’s ‘The Climb.’
The press watchdog has upheld two complaints from X Factor judge Dannii Minogue against the Daily Mirror and Daily Record after they revealed her pregnancy.
The X Factor judge complained that both newspapers revealed her pregnancy, before she had her 12 week scan to ensure the baby was alive and well.
After being passed over by Simon Cowell’s record label, X Factor finalist Olly Murs has reportedly landed a recording contract with Epic.
Epic also picked up JLS last year after Cowell refused to sign them.
A source told The Mirror: “Olly’s been down in the dumps because Simon had turned down working with him and it didn’t look like anybody else would want to sign him up.
2010 is going to be a busy year for X Factor judge Dannii Minogue.
Not only is she expecting her first baby, but she’s also going to write her first autobiography, release her first fashion line and we heard today that she’ll be modeling for high street chain M&S.
Former X Factor contestant and Happy Mondays singer Rowetta, is furious with Cheryl Cole after the Girls Aloud star asked to use her vocals for an upcoming award show – but told her she didn’t want her to appear on stage.
Cole will be sampling Rowetta’s dancefloor hit “Be” for a live performance of her single “Fight for This Love” at the upcoming BRIT Awards.
X Factor sources have confirmed that despite some criticisms last year, they plan to conduct this year’s auditions in front of a live audience again.
Many critics argued that the public auditions were humiliating for the bad acts and ruined the atmosphere of the show. However bosses feel that the thousands of people watching the tryouts, helped the show achieve it’s highest ratings ever.
X Factor twins John and Edward Grimes, have narrowly missed out on their first number one single.
The 18-year-olds, released their debut single ‘Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)’ – which featured a collaboration with American rapper Vanilla Ice – this week.
Popstar To Operastar mentor Katherine Jenkins has admitted that she would love to join the X Factor judging panel, if Dannii Minogue leaves this year.
Dannii recently announced that she is expecting her first baby and is due to give birth in July. She also admitted that she plans to have her baby in Australia, during the time where X Factor judges are normally filming for the upcoming series of the show.
Former X Factor winner Alexandra Burke has revealed that she wants to do more to help the people of Haiti, than just sing a few lines on a charity single.
So upset is Alex by the images she has seen on TV, that she has begged her record label to fly her out to Haiti so she can physically help the victims of the recent earthquake.
X Factor twins John and Edward Grimes have done well for themselves, considering they have little to no musical talent.
The boys have been getting preferential treatment on the current XF nationwide tour, they will have their first top five single this weekend and most recently they have been announced as the support act for Westlife at their upcoming Croke Park gig.
Former X Factor winner Alexandra Burke has revealed that she would like to release a ballad from her album ‘Overcome.’
Following her recent uptempo songs ‘Bad Boys’ and ‘Broken Heels’, Burke says that she’d like to release a slower and more heartfelt song. She also added that she’s glad that she’s managed to mostly escape comparisons between her and fellow X factor star Leona Lewis to date.
“I’ve been given the opportunity to show my true colours on my first two singles.” Burke said.
Following in the footsteps of Jordan and Nicola McLean, Dannii will be followed by a camera crew as the show documents her progressing pregnancy and attempts to launch her first ever fashion line.