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.
It seems that Olympic bronze medal winner Louis Smith doesn’t have the X Factor.
The gymnast turned up at the Birmingham auditions only to be told that he should “stick to his day job”.
A source from the X Factor camp told The Sun that Louis, who’s 20, “didn’t have a great voice.” Read more & comment »
Medics were yet again called to the X Factor auditions, this time because a young boy dislocated his knee while enthusiastically cheering an auditionee.
It seems that the boy was jumping up and down in his seat while cheering and his knee smashed against the armrest, causing it to dislocate. His knee that is, not the armrest!
Simon Cowell stopped the auditions while paramedics attended to the boy who was later taken to hospital in Birmingham to be treated.
An X Factor spokesman told The Sun, “He [the injured teenager] seemed more upset about missing the rest of the auditions” and added, “Safety is our number one priority and we wish the boy a speedy recovery.” Read more & comment »
Apparently, one of last year’s X Factor hopefuls – who was eliminated because he was deemed to be too young at 15 years old – Mali Michael McCalla, has refused a personal request from Simon to try out for the show again this year.
However, The Sun today has revealed that Mali is “On the brink of a £1million boyband deal” and according to a friend of his, Mali “doesn’t want to be associated with reality shows any more.” The new band is called NSA and they’re being backed by US producers.
Mali was a big hit with the judges last year but given he was only 15, they eventually decided that the pressures of the show may prove too much for him but they’d hoped he’d be back this year. Read more & comment »
It seems that Simon’s trademark sarcastic remarks and put downs got on Dannii Minogue’s wick so much at Wednesday’s X Factor auditions that she balled him out and moved seats at the judges table so as to be as far away from him as possible.
The Daily Mirror reports that it all began when Simon repeatedly interrupted Dannii as she tried to comment on the acts. She put up with it initially but later, during a break in filming, she told him to “stop undermining” her and, in a temper, she moved to the end of the table rather than sitting at Simon’s side.
A source told the paper, “Simon was in an impatient mood and kept interrupting Dannii with really sarcastic remarks when she tried to give her opinion on the acts.
“She tried to keep calm but it all became too much and she turned on him during one of the breaks… Read more & comment »
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The Sun reports that Daniel Pearce, one of the singers in the band One True Voice – who were beaten on Popstars by Cheryl’s band, Girls Aloud – got a unanimous ‘yes’ from the judges yesterday when he sang a cover version of Seal’s hit song, Kiss From A Rose. Read more & comment »
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We know most boy bands always claim to be the best of friends, who know everything there is to know about each other, but how often is that actually true?
Well this week, X Factor finalists, JLS, are put to the test when they face a quick fire round of questions from their Bebo fans. If you want to find out just how many girls the boys have dated, the first gigs they went to and which one of the lads might be tying the knot soon, tune into B-box on Bebo.
The 16 year old brother of last year’s X Factor winner, Alexandra Burke, has apparently sailed through the initial rounds of auditions.
According to the Daily Star, Alex’s brother, Aaron, belted out a winning cover of Will Young’s hit tune Evergreen which so impressed the judges, they unanimously put him through to the next stage.
An insider told the newspaper that, “Aaron is very cool. He didn’t make a big noise about the fact he’s Alexandra’s little bro, but word got round… Read more & comment »
According to the Daily Mirror, Simon Cowell is definitely leaving the X Factor in order to concentrate on building a “billion-pound global TV and entertainment empire.”
Their report says that Simon has told close friends that the upcoming series of the hit show will be the last time he’s involved with it. It adds that Simon has said he wants Cheryl Cole to “become the new main face of the show” when his £20 million contract with ITV ends in December this year.
However, it seems that ITV are desperate to keep Simon at the show’s helm and fear that viewing audiences of around 15 million would decline if he were not a part of the show.
A friend of Simon’s is quoted in the paper as saying, “He has found X Factor increasingly draining and it leaves him little time for serious business. Now he’s decided this will be his last series and he’s moving on. In future, he will have a more overseeing role.” Read more & comment »
According to The Sun today, a woman who received a unanimous “No” from the X Factor judges at yesterday’s auditions ran out of the studio screaming that she was going to kill herself.
The paper claims that the hysterical 50 year old woman was seen by a doctor who was on stand-by at London’s ExCel centre. The decision to have a doctor present at auditions was made following the revelations about Susan Boyle’s mental health problems when she appeared on Britain’s Got Talent.
An eye witness to the shocking event, Tracey Ward, told the paper, “She ran off, shouting that she was going to commit suicide… Read more & comment »
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JLS have admitted that they look upon singer Lemar as their big brother and said that he offered them career advice during his recent UK tour.
“He really gave us a lot of guidance, a lot of wisdom and showed us the ropes a little bit,” Ortise told PA.
“He was fantastic and he was a big inspiration to us and he’s done so incredibly well in his career. Lemar was like a big brother to us on his tour, you know.”
Susan Boyle has reportedly been lined up to appear on this years X Factor series.
Show bosses are said to want Susan to duet with one of the final acts, which would also mean that she would fill a mentoring spot on the show.
X Factor presenter Dermot O’Leary told The Sun: “Who she’s going to duet with – that’s the fun part.”
He added: “She was brilliant. I think finishing second was probably the best thing that could have happened to her.”
Just two weeks ago, X Factor hopefuls nervously auditioned before judges Simon, Louis, Cheryl and Dannii for a coveted place in this year’s X Factor line-up, however, due to the recent decision to film all auditions in front of a live audience, they’ve now got to repeat their performances.
An X Factor source told The Sun newspaper, “We are still fine-tuning our plans, but we aim to be back up in Scotland at the end of next month… Read more & comment »
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Leona Lewis has claimed that her and her boyfriends relationship is stronger than ever, despite her recent stay in LA.
The former X Factor winner told More magazine: “I’m glad to be home, I missed Lou when I was in Los Angeles. Long-distance relationships don’t faze me, though. We’re stronger than ever as we’ve been together so long.
“With email and texting, you still keep in touch from a distance. Everybody knows I’m just a phonecall away and that they can reach me if they need to. And when I do get time off, it tends to be in blocks.”
Simon Cowell has credited Susan Boyle as the inspiration to the new X Factor format this year.
This years X Factor auditions will now be filmed in front of a live audience, similar to those of Britain’s Got Talent and Simon says it is all due to the audience reaction received by Susan Boyle.
Cowell told GMTV: “I thought in my mind: ‘What would happen if Susan Boyle, as an example, came on X Factor under the current way we do the auditions?’ Four people sitting behind a desk, no audience, no music, just singing acapella, what would have happened in that environment?
Simon Cowell has spoken out about the alleged feud between X Factor judges, Dannii Minogue and Cheryl Cole.
Speaking to GMTV Simon revealed:
“Girls are girls right – they all want to be the centre of attention. I don’t think anyone has ever ended up as best friends. But they don’t hate each other. In fact actually no, I think they like each other now… ish. They’re not going to go on holiday together Ben, but you know, they’ve got to do the job they’re being paid to do – which is judge a talent show. But things have quietened down a bit I think.”
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