Strictly Come Dancing host, Tess Daly, has tipped top swimmer Mark Foster and former S Club 7 singer Rachel Stevens, as the hotties from this years series.

“My tip for this year’s heartthrob is swimmer Mark Foster,” Daly told The Mirror. “I predict he’ll be the Mark Ramprakash of the series and the ladies are going to love him.”

She added:

“The women are really sexy this year,” she said. “Rachel is going to look great in all those Lycra costumes and we have a few long-legged lovelies such as Jodie Kidd, Lisa Snowdon and Heather Small. Read more & comment »

X Factor judge Dannii Minogue has hit back at her colleague Louis Walsh after he claimed that Simon Cowell is ignoring him and lavishing all his attention on new judge, Cheryl Cole.

In her column for Closer magazine, Minogue wrote: “Louis Walsh is at it again. It seems the only way he can make the headlines is by talking about me! Lou Lou wants some attention, like the naughty little boy he is. Read more & comment »

X Factor judge, Dannii Minogue is reportedly dating rugby star Kris Smith.

The pair are said to have met whilst holidaying recently on the party island of Ibiza.

“He can’t believe his luck and has been showing off intimate photos of him and Dannii together on dates,” a source told The Sun. “One even shows her in a skimpy red bikini.

“Kris is a big lad who’s in great shape physically. He’s just been bowled over by Dannii’s interest in him. He wants to make it work.”

Former X Factor contestant, Niki Evans has criticised the makers of the show for the way that they make potential winners speak out about private tragedies in a bid to gain viewers sympathy.

Niki was seen crying during last years series about the recent death of her father, but she claims that it was an issue she never wanted to talk about on camera.

“I didn’t want to speak about it but it was brought up time after time,” Niki told the Sunday Mercury. “I actually hadn’t told anyone about how I came to audition. But my mum had let it slip that I found the X Factor application form in my dad’s stuff. So when Simon [Cowell] brought it up in the audition, I was genuinely shocked.

“He tried to get me to talk about it, but I refused and told him he had to hear me sing first.”

Evans then revealed that Louis Walsh had predictably been willing to go to any lengths to make one of his team a winner saying: Read more & comment »

I am betting that X Factor auditionee is wishing that he hadn’t bothered auditioning for The X Factor now.

He was seen on last Saturdays show crying about being raised in foster care and not knowing his real family, however his Dad was quick to point out in last weekends newspapers that he was in regular contact with his son.

Alan tried to defend himself in a statement last week, but today his mum and ex-girlfriend have added their stories to the mix and it does not paint a pretty picture of the singer.

“I have been a good mum to my son. I adore him but he has hurt me beyond belief,” Alan’s mum Debbie told The People.

She claims that she saw her son just a week ago before he went on holiday with friends.

“I gave him a kiss and wished him all the best,” she explained. “Then he suddenly said, ‘I might be on the telly next Saturday and it might upset you, but don’t worry about it’.”

Alan’s ex-girlfriend Alison Jennings has also spoken out about her fury when Alan told The Mirror that he may not be the biological father of their five-year-old daughter. Read more & comment »

X Factor auditionees, Francine and Nicola Gleadall were once arrested for swearing at a heckling crowd during one of their performances.

The 19 year old twins performed at a Sheffield match in 2006, but halfway through their performance the crowd started jeering an booing them, they responded by launching a foul-mouthed tirade and had to be escorted from the stage by the police.

They were arrested, fined £80 and forced to make a public apology.

Their statement read: “Our actions were totally knee-jerk. When we heard the foul abuse being shouted at us from the crowd, our natural defence mechanism took over.”

The girls’ father David told the Daily Star: “I am rooting for them on The X Factor. What they did two years ago is behind them. They were young and naive at the time.”

We are getting through this series rightly now, in fact it’s hard to believe that we are already on our third X Factor show of 2008.

So what did you think of tonight’s talent installment? There was definitely some talent there. I quite liked Laura from Bolton, who stunned the judges with her rendition of ‘Somebody’s Else’s Guy’. Scott Bruton wasn’t bad when he sang ‘You”l Never Walk alone, but he should never have told Simon that he worked in a holiday camp and 80 year old Cyril had to be the cutest thing I have ever seen!!

However with the good, came the awful and they included Guylene, Read more & comment »

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We’ll no doubt be chatting all week about our all time favourite show!

Next up on tonight’s X Factor show is 23 year old Laura from Bolton.

“I’ve been preparing for this moment for two months and then on Saturday my throat went as you can hear, I just hope it will last and I can get through the audition” says Laura

It means everything to Laura to get through as music is the only thing that she’s ever wanted to do

“My Dad has his own business, my Mum owns a beauty salon, my Sister is a brain box and my Brother’s a foot surgeon” laughs Laura, “I can’t see myself doing a 9-5, I just want the chance to be heard”

Laura enters the Judges room

She tells the Judges she will be singing Somebody’s Else’s Guy

“I’m just warning you I’ve been poorly so if it’s not the best audition feel free to ask me to sing another song and I will” says Laura.

Laura starts to sing.

Simon stops her halfway through “OK, I’m gonna stop you before you kill yourself, just wish you’d been healthy”

Does this spell the end for Laura?

Angry Ariel from West Yorkshire pops up on tomorrow night’s X Factor show.

“I’m Ariel, 26 years old and a Holistic coach, I’ve warmed up my body, done lots of meditation, I can pull off a lot of styles, I will owne the space when I enter the audition room” she tells Dermot

Ariel enters the audition room, she storms over and rips up her number and throws it at Cheryl

“First up lets sort this out, I’m not a number, I’m a human being” says Ariel

She walks back to the stage, “My names Ariel, I’m a holistic vocal coach, I’m a generalist, not a specialist, my voice does lots of things, I was confused what to sing you today, so I thought lets do a little something – that o.k?” Read more & comment »