Watch this series’ first installement of the cheesy Xtra Factor, X In The City Of London, slot.

This week see Leon Jackson get a makeover in the Hope Singin Salon, including full body wax and tan! looks like fun…..not!

Charlie Mole, member of X Factor band Hope, has revealed that XF bosses have banned her two year old son from the studio, stating that each member of thw audience must be 14 years old.

“I’m gutted. He’s my little boy and I just really want him to be there,” Charlie told the News of the World. “It’s been so hard being away from him. It’s like there’s a little hole in my heart all the time, and I’ve been crying lots.”

She added: “He’s got a Go Mummy T-shirt to wear while he watches me on TV. He’s really proud of me and we’ve got him a mobile phone so he can vote – he’s loving it.” Read more & comment »

Raquelle Gracie, member of X Factor girl band Hope, has revealed that the fact that her father served time behind bars, has only made her more determined to succeed in life.

Raquelle’s father was jailed for 9 years for a £45 million fraud. But he will not be hiding in the shadows and fully intends to cheer his daughter on during her first show tomorrow night.

Speaking to the Manchester Evening News Raquelle commented:

“It was a really difficult time that I had to cope with – that the whole family had to go through, and him too.”

“It’s definitely made me stronger. I can look back and see how strong my mum was for us, and my dad. So, yes, he definitely inspired me.”

“My dad is coming to the first live show and he says he’s very proud of me, so that makes me happy,” she says.

“When he was in prison we got to see him as much as we could. It was obviously upsetting for such a little girl, to see her dad like that. Read more & comment »

Watch the groups including Hope and Same Difference perform for Simon Cowell and Sinitta at the final stage of the X factor bootcamp!

SPOILER ALERT!!! DETAILS ON TOMORROW NIGHT’S SHOW AHEAD…….

Over in Spain it’s the groups turn to battle it out for a place in the final 12 and the only thing standing in their way is the small matter of impressing Simon Cowell. Helping Simon to make his decision is former pop star Sinitta, dressed in her own unique way hiding her modesty behind a couple of discreetly places fans!

With Simon choosing the songs and only one chance to impress, the pressure is on them all to pull out a performance of a life time.

Brother and sister, Sean and Sarah Smith, have been singing together since they were toddlers but now as Same Difference they see this as their chance to shine. “It’s always been our ultimate dream to be superstars” explains Sean, “ever since we were little we always wanted to be pop stars and normally kids grow out of it but we didn’t” and an emotional Sarah goes on to explain why this means so much to them both, “Our family all believe in us and we just want to make them proud, and to go home with nothing for them would be heart breaking”. Read more & comment »

Hope are a manufactured girl group created from six failed auditionees on this year’s X Factor. Sisi was fired after a short while due to an undisclosed conviction and now Hope are a five piece.

* Leah lives in London with friends and is heavily into her spirituality. A keen singer all her life she’s always looked for inspiring females in the media for people like herself and sister to look up too, but never found any, so she’s hoping that through X Factor she can fill that gap.

* Charlie lives in Sunderland with her partner Lee and five year old son Jack. Having just finished her beauty therapist course Charlie was all getting geared up for starting her new career before getting through to the finals of X Factor, now she is hoping she can make her young son proud of her.

* Emily is from Torquay where she lives with her Mum, Dad and older brother Andrew. Emily decided to audition for the show after singing in the audience of The Sharon Osbourne Show during an ad break. Both Louis and Sharon applauded, so she thought she might as well have a go at auditioning.

* Raquelle was born and raised in Manchester but now lives in London. A budding singer/actress Raquelle studied at Italia Conti for three years and has appeared in a couple of plays.

* Phoebe, the youngest member of the group has just finished her GCSE’s and lives with her Mum and younger brother in Surrey. At the weekend’s Phoebe has been attending the Guildford School of Acting and has singing lessons twice a week.

X Factor bosses have confirmed that Sisi Jghalef, has been kicked out of girl band Hope after only one week.

Sisi first auditioned as a solo singer but was convinced by louis Walsh to reaudition as part of the girl group. The group were seen last night making it through to the final bootcamp stage, however Sisi was kicked out of the band only a week after those scenes were filmed.

X Factor producers discovered that Sis was wanted for failing to complete a stint of community service that she has been given after assaulting a McDonalds worker.

Sisi also revealed that she had been smoking Cannabis at bootcamp:

“I only did a bit of weed. Read more & comment »

X Factor insiders have revealed that Simon Cowell is grooming girl band Hope to win this years X Factor competition.

The band was put together at bootcamp after Louis Walsh decided that some of the people they had said no to, would work well in a group together. We saw the girl group fight, bitch and give a distinctly mediocre performance in last nights show, however it is said that Simon Cowell believes the group have real potential.

An insider told the Daily Star Sunday: “The biggest vibe on the show this year is about Hope. Just like everyone was talking about Shayne Ward two years ago and Leona Lewis last year, all the producers are gossiping about is this girl band.

“A group has never won The X Factor but Simon is determined Hope will be the first. He believes they could be as big as the Spice Girls and he is determined to beat them in the battle for Christmas number one.”

If Hope win I think it will be a shame. They are 100% manufactured, and I believe that if these girls win the series, it will seriously hurt the credibility of one of the UK’s favourite TV shows. Think again Simon……