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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Judges</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Judges-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Judging_history" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Judging_history"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Judging history</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Judging_history-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Series_overview" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Series_overview"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Series overview</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Series_overview-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Reception" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reception"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Reception</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Reception-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Reception subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Reception-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Ratings" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ratings"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Ratings</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ratings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Awards" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Awards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Awards</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Awards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Controversies_and_criticism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Controversies_and_criticism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Controversies and criticism</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Controversies_and_criticism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-International_broadcasts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#International_broadcasts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>International broadcasts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-International_broadcasts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Spin-offs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Spin-offs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Spin-offs</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Spin-offs-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon 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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Xtra_Bites_(2017–2019)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span><i>Xtra Bites</i> (2017–2019)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Xtra_Bites_(2017–2019)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_X_Factor:_Celebrity_(2019)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_X_Factor:_Celebrity_(2019)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span><i>The X Factor: Celebrity</i> (2019)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_X_Factor:_Celebrity_(2019)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_X_Factor:_The_Band_(2019)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_X_Factor:_The_Band_(2019)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.5</span> <span><i>The X Factor: The Band</i> (2019)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_X_Factor:_The_Band_(2019)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Music_releases_by_The_X_Factor_contestants" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Music_releases_by_The_X_Factor_contestants"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Music releases by <i>The X Factor</i> contestants</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Music_releases_by_The_X_Factor_contestants-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Music releases by <i>The X Factor</i> contestants subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Music_releases_by_The_X_Factor_contestants-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Charity_singles" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Charity_singles"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Charity singles</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Charity_singles-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_X_Factor_–_The_Greatest_Hits" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_X_Factor_–_The_Greatest_Hits"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span><i>The X Factor – The Greatest Hits</i></span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_X_Factor_–_The_Greatest_Hits-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_X_Factor_Songbook" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_X_Factor_Songbook"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span><i>The X Factor Songbook</i></span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_X_Factor_Songbook-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Merchandise" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Merchandise"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Merchandise</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Merchandise-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cancellation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cancellation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Cancellation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cancellation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X_Factor_(Velk%C3%A1_Brit%C3%A1nie)" title="The X Factor (Velká Británie) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="The X Factor (Velká Británie)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X_Factor_(Storbritannien)" title="The X Factor (Storbritannien) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="The X Factor (Storbritannien)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X_Factor_(Vereinigtes_K%C3%B6nigreich)" title="The X Factor (Vereinigtes Königreich) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="The X Factor (Vereinigtes Königreich)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X_Factor" title="The X Factor – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="The X Factor" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X_Factor_(Reino_Unido)" title="The X Factor (Reino Unido) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="The X Factor (Reino Unido)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B3_%D9%81%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B9%D9%87_%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7)" title="ایکس فاکتور (مجموعه تلویزیونی بریتانیا) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ایکس فاکتور (مجموعه تلویزیونی بریتانیا)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X_Factor_(Royaume-Uni)" title="The X Factor (Royaume-Uni) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="The X Factor (Royaume-Uni)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X_Factor_(RA)" title="The X Factor (RA) – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="The X Factor (RA)" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%94_%EC%97%91%EC%8A%A4_%ED%8C%A9%ED%84%B0_(%EC%98%81%EA%B5%AD%EC%9D%98_%ED%85%94%EB%A0%88%EB%B9%84%EC%A0%84_%ED%94%84%EB%A1%9C%EA%B7%B8%EB%9E%A8)" title="더 엑스 팩터 (영국의 텔레비전 프로그램) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="더 엑스 팩터 (영국의 텔레비전 프로그램)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X_Factor_(%D5%84%D5%A5%D5%AE_%D4%B2%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%A1)" title="The X Factor (Մեծ Բրիտանիա) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="The X Factor (Մեծ Բրիտանիա)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X_Factor_(seri_TV_Britania_Raya)" title="The X Factor (seri TV Britania Raya) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="The X Factor (seri TV Britania Raya)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X_Factor_(Bretland)" title="The X Factor (Bretland) – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="The X Factor (Bretland)" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X_Factor_(Regno_Unito)" title="The X Factor (Regno Unito) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="The X Factor (Regno Unito)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X_Factor_(%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%96%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%98%D7%99%D7%AA)" title="The X Factor (תוכנית טלוויזיה בריטית) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="The X Factor (תוכנית טלוויזיה בריטית)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X_Factor_(Egyes%C3%BClt_Kir%C3%A1lys%C3%A1g)" title="The X Factor (Egyesült Királyság) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="The X Factor (Egyesült Királyság)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X_Factor_(siri_TV_United_Kingdom)" title="The X Factor (siri TV United Kingdom) – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="The X Factor (siri TV United Kingdom)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X_Factor_(Verenigd_Koninkrijk)" title="The X Factor (Verenigd Koninkrijk) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="The X Factor (Verenigd Koninkrijk)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/X%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC_(%E3%83%86%E3%83%AC%E3%83%93%E7%95%AA%E7%B5%84)" title="Xファクター (テレビ番組) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Xファクター (テレビ番組)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Factor_(Storbritannia)" title="X Factor (Storbritannia) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="X Factor (Storbritannia)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Factor_Storbritannia" title="X Factor Storbritannia – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="X Factor Storbritannia" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" 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(2004–2018)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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Factor</i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:The_X_Factor_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a0/The_X_Factor_logo.png/220px-The_X_Factor_logo.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/The_X_Factor_logo.png 1.5x" data-file-width="240" data-file-height="110" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Reality_competition" class="mw-redirect" title="Reality competition">Reality competition</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Simon_Cowell" title="Simon Cowell">Simon Cowell</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Showrunner</th><td class="infobox-data">Simon Cowell</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee">Phil Heyes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Creative directors</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Friedman" title="Brian Friedman">Brian Friedman</a></li> <li>Brian Burke</li> <li>Elizabeth Honan</li> <li>Jerry Reeve</li> <li>Mark Swanhart</li> <li>Ashley Evans</li> <li>Antony Ginandjar</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Presented by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kate_Thornton" title="Kate Thornton">Kate Thornton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dermot_O%27Leary" title="Dermot O'Leary">Dermot O'Leary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Flack" title="Caroline Flack">Caroline Flack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olly_Murs" title="Olly Murs">Olly Murs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Judges</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Walsh" title="Louis Walsh">Louis Walsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharon_Osbourne" title="Sharon Osbourne">Sharon Osbourne</a></li> <li>Simon Cowell</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dannii_Minogue" title="Dannii Minogue">Dannii Minogue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheryl_(singer)" title="Cheryl (singer)">Cheryl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Barlow" title="Gary Barlow">Gary Barlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulisa" title="Tulisa">Tulisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Rowland" title="Kelly Rowland">Kelly Rowland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicole_Scherzinger" title="Nicole Scherzinger">Nicole Scherzinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_B" title="Mel B">Mel B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Grimshaw" title="Nick Grimshaw">Nick Grimshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rita_Ora" title="Rita Ora">Rita Ora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Williams" title="Robbie Williams">Robbie Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayda_Field" title="Ayda Field">Ayda Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Tomlinson" title="Louis Tomlinson">Louis Tomlinson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Voices of</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Dickson_(announcer)" title="Peter Dickson (announcer)">Peter Dickson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redd_Pepper" title="Redd Pepper">Redd Pepper</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of series</th><td class="infobox-data">15</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of episodes</th><td class="infobox-data">445</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Executive producers</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Simon Cowell</li><li>Richard Holloway</li><li>Beth Hart</li><li>Mark Sidaway</li><li>Cheryl<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li>Caroline Davies</li><li>Lee McNicholas</li><li>Iona Mackenzie</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data">60–150 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production companies</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thames_Television" title="Thames Television">Thames Television</a> (2004–2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talkback_Thames" title="Talkback Thames">Talkback Thames</a> (2006–2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thames_(production_company)" title="Thames (production company)">Thames</a> (2012–2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syco_Entertainment" title="Syco Entertainment">Syco Entertainment</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">4 September 2004<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2004-09-04</span>)</span> –<br />2 December 2018<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2018-12-02</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Related</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor" title="The X Factor">Franchise</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Xtra_Factor_(British_TV_series)" title="The Xtra Factor (British TV series)">The Xtra Factor</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="#Xtra_Bites_(2017–2019)">Xtra Bites</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The X Factor</b></i> is a British <a href="/wiki/Reality_television" title="Reality television">reality television</a> music competition, and part of the global <i><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor" title="The X Factor">X Factor</a></i> franchise created by <a href="/wiki/Simon_Cowell" title="Simon Cowell">Simon Cowell</a>. Premiering on 4 September 2004, it was produced by <a href="/wiki/Fremantle_(company)" title="Fremantle (company)">Fremantle's</a> British entertainment company, <a href="/wiki/Thames_(production_company)" title="Thames (production company)">Thames</a> (<a href="/wiki/Talkback_Thames" title="Talkback Thames">Talkback Thames</a> until 2011), and Cowell's production company <a href="/wiki/Syco_Entertainment" title="Syco Entertainment">Syco Entertainment</a> for <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-x_factor_first_announced_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-x_factor_first_announced-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as <a href="/wiki/Simulcast" title="Simulcast">simulcast</a> on <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Media_One" title="Virgin Media One">Virgin Media One</a> in Ireland. The programme ran for around 445 episodes across fifteen series, each one primarily broadcast late in the year, until its final episode in December 2018. The majority of episodes were presented by <a href="/wiki/Dermot_O%27Leary" title="Dermot O'Leary">Dermot O'Leary</a>, with some exceptions: the first three series were hosted by <a href="/wiki/Kate_Thornton" title="Kate Thornton">Kate Thornton</a>, while <a href="/wiki/Caroline_Flack" title="Caroline Flack">Caroline Flack</a> and <a href="/wiki/Olly_Murs" title="Olly Murs">Olly Murs</a> hosted the show for the twelfth series. </p><p>Each year of the competition saw contestants of all ages and backgrounds auditioning for a place, in hopes of proving that they had singing talent. Auditionees attempted to do so before a panel of judges, each selected for their background in the music industry  –  these have included Cowell, <a href="/wiki/Louis_Walsh" title="Louis Walsh">Louis Walsh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sharon_Osbourne" title="Sharon Osbourne">Sharon Osbourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dannii_Minogue" title="Dannii Minogue">Dannii Minogue</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cheryl_(singer)" title="Cheryl (singer)">Cheryl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gary_Barlow" title="Gary Barlow">Gary Barlow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tulisa" title="Tulisa">Tulisa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Rowland" title="Kelly Rowland">Kelly Rowland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicole_Scherzinger" title="Nicole Scherzinger">Nicole Scherzinger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mel_B" title="Mel B">Mel B</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rita_Ora" title="Rita Ora">Rita Ora</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Williams" title="Robbie Williams">Robbie Williams</a>. Those acts who survived the auditions entered a bootcamp stage in which the judges each took charge of a category of contestants to mentor, determining who may move on to the live stages of the contest, with a public vote in the live rounds eliminating these contestants one by one. The winner of the live final received a recording contract with record label <a href="/wiki/Syco_Music" title="Syco Music">Syco Music</a> and a cash payment, though the majority was allocated to marketing and recording costs.<sup id="cite_ref-TheTimes_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheTimes-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the same time of its premiere, <i>The X Factor</i> was accompanied by <a href="/wiki/Spin-off_(media)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spin-off (media)">spin-off</a> behind-the-scenes show called <i><a href="/wiki/The_Xtra_Factor_(British_TV_series)" title="The Xtra Factor (British TV series)">The Xtra Factor</a></i> on <a href="/wiki/ITV2" title="ITV2">ITV2</a>, which focused on the recent episode's performances; this was replaced in 2016 with an online spin-off show, <i>Xtra Bites</i>, on <a href="/wiki/ITV_Hub" class="mw-redirect" title="ITV Hub">ITV Hub</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The programme itself proved popular on British television,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> attracting high viewing figures at its peak  –  over 14 million on average in the seventh series  –  leading to the formation of an <a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor" title="The X Factor">international franchise</a>. In addition, many of its acts, including <a href="/wiki/JLS" title="JLS">JLS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Little_Mix" title="Little Mix">Little Mix</a>, <a href="/wiki/One_Direction" title="One Direction">One Direction</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ella_Henderson" title="Ella Henderson">Ella Henderson</a>, went on to release singles that entered number-one <a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_discography" title="The X Factor (British TV series) discography">in the UK charts</a>. </p><p>From 2011, viewing figures began to decline, and Cowell opted to rest the programme in 2019, assigning two spin-offs as mini-series that year  –  <i><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor:_Celebrity" title="The X Factor: Celebrity">The X Factor: Celebrity</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor:_The_Band" title="The X Factor: The Band">The X Factor: The Band</a></i>. On 28 July 2021, ITV announced that there were no plans to air another series of the programme, effectively meaning it was cancelled.<sup id="cite_ref-Cancelled_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cancelled-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Simon_Cowell_in_December_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Simon_Cowell_in_December_2011.jpg/220px-Simon_Cowell_in_December_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="304" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Simon_Cowell_in_December_2011.jpg/330px-Simon_Cowell_in_December_2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Simon_Cowell_in_December_2011.jpg/440px-Simon_Cowell_in_December_2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="678" data-file-height="936" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Simon_Cowell" title="Simon Cowell">Simon Cowell</a>, creator of <i>The X Factor</i> and the second longest-serving judge in the programme's history</figcaption></figure> <p>The programme's format was devised by <a href="/wiki/Sony_Music_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Music Entertainment">Sony Music</a> executive <a href="/wiki/Simon_Cowell" title="Simon Cowell">Simon Cowell</a> in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-x_factor_first_announced_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-x_factor_first_announced-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The concept for <i>The X Factor</i> stemmed from his involvement as a judge on <i><a href="/wiki/Pop_Idol" title="Pop Idol">Pop Idol</a></i>, another music talent competition that <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> aired from 2001 to 2003. While the programme had been massively successful in its own right, Cowell disliked the lack of control that he and the judges had on the contestant's progress  –  several individuals, including fellow judge <a href="/wiki/Pete_Waterman" title="Pete Waterman">Pete Waterman</a>, agreed with him that <a href="/wiki/Michelle_McManus" title="Michelle McManus">Michelle McManus</a> who won the second series of <i><a href="/wiki/Pop_Idol" title="Pop Idol">Pop Idol</a></i> had been unworthy to earn victory compared to others who had participated.<sup id="cite_ref-Pete_Waterman_quote_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pete_Waterman_quote-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cowell eventually made plans to devise a new televised competition, in which he would own the television rights and thus maintain control on decisions held on the new programme. In 2004, <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> secured the rights to broadcast <i><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor" title="The X Factor">The X Factor</a></i> after Cowell approached them with his concept,<sup id="cite_ref-x_factor_first_announced_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-x_factor_first_announced-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> despite a legal challenge by <a href="/wiki/Simon_Fuller" title="Simon Fuller">Simon Fuller</a>, the creator of <i><a href="/wiki/Pop_Idol" title="Pop Idol">Pop Idol</a></i>, over perceived similarities between the two shows.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Format">Format</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Auditions">Auditions</h3></div> <p>Each year's competition begins with auditions round, which consists of three stages held several months prior to the series premiere, and within venues around the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>; in some series, auditions were also allowed within the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a>. Participants are required to provide a performance across each stage, focused on singing a piece from another artist to gauge their musical talent. The first round consists of auditionees performing before production staff  –  either by application and appointment, or at "open" auditions that anyone can attend. Those wishing to apply could do so via postal or online applications,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with <i>The X Factor</i> having no upper-age limit and no restriction on groups participating. If an auditionee passes this stage, they then move on to the second stage in which they perform before a senior production member.<sup id="cite_ref-audition_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-audition-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both of these stages are not filmed, but shots of the crowds waiting to audition are spliced into audition episodes during final editing; the televised version can sometimes misrepresent the process in this fashion by implying that huge crowds all perform before the judges.<sup id="cite_ref-audition_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-audition-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Participants that make it to the third stage of auditions then conduct their performance and potential singing talent before the judges for that year's competition. To proceed into the next round of the contest, each participant must secure a majority vote from the judges, otherwise they are eliminated at this point; the judges themselves will usually comment on what they heard first, before they cast their vote. For the majority of series (Series 1–5, 10–11, and 13–14), the third stage auditions were conducted in a closed room in which performance were done without a backing track, while for other series, they were conducted before a live audience (similar to <i><a href="/wiki/Britain%27s_Got_Talent" title="Britain's Got Talent">Britain's Got Talent</a></i>, with performances either done a cappella or over a backing track. Filming takes place during this stage, with the final edits for audition episodes focusing on the best, the worst and the most bizarre.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bootcamp_and_judges'_houses"><span id="Bootcamp_and_judges.27_houses"></span>Bootcamp and judges' houses</h3></div> <p>In the second round, participants who reach this stage are sent to a "bootcamp" to refine their performances, while they are organised into categories based on the conditions of their application. The first category consists of men and women solo acts aged under 24  –  both genders were conjoined in early series until split into individual gender in the fourth series  –  with the minimum age allowed being 16 (except for the fourth to sixth series where it was lowered to 14). The second category consists of men and women solo acts aged 25 and older (with the exception of a few series where the minimum age was raised to 26, 27, 28 and 29).<sup id="cite_ref-age_group_boundaries_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-age_group_boundaries-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The third and final category consists of group acts, which include two or more members within each group. During this time, the producers decide on which judge for that year's competition is assigned to mentoring one of the category of participants. After the judges receive their assigned category, they then oversee two stages of performances from participants in each category, in which they must whittle down the number of participants to around six per category (eight for the seventh and eighth series).<sup id="cite_ref-age_group_boundaries_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-age_group_boundaries-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The process varies across the programme's history  –  in most cases, their performances during this stage determines whether they move on to the next round or not; in some series, audition tapes are reviewed before the round with the judges making their choices before this stage of the competition. </p><p>Once the judges each have their selected participants for their category to mentor, these participants then move on to the "judges' houses" stage of the competition, which is held in private residences for each judge; according to <a href="/wiki/Louis_Walsh" title="Louis Walsh">Louis Walsh</a>, these homes tend to not belong to the judges, but rented out for this purpose.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this stage, the participants each conduct a performance to their category's judge, who must decide which of their category's participants will proceed into the live rounds.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Both the bootcamp and the judges' homes stages of the contest are pre-recorded, though in some cases, either between the first and second stages of Bootcamp or prior to judges' houses, judges may look at certain rejected solo artists who they feel have potential but may be better suited in a group, and in an attempt to give them a lifeline, then send these acts into a room to form a number of different groups, each depending on size, height, fashion and chemistry. Lineup changes may also sometimes occur depending on what the judges feel the group is missing or which members they think work well with others. In the tenth series, the bootcamp stage was changed to a new format called "Six-Chair Challenge" in which participants had to secure a majority vote to sit in one of six empty chairs for their category, to move into the next stage; if all six seats were filled, the judge of that category must replace one of these participants with another they wish to see through. This new format, despite some tweaks, was not well received by viewers after its introduction.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elimination_stages_and_Final">Elimination stages and Final</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner span:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent) img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner span:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent) img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:117px;max-width:117px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:115px;max-width:115px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:192px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Louis_Walsh2009July.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Louis_Walsh2009July.jpg/113px-Louis_Walsh2009July.jpg" decoding="async" width="113" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Louis_Walsh2009July.jpg/170px-Louis_Walsh2009July.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Louis_Walsh2009July.jpg/226px-Louis_Walsh2009July.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="1741" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Louis_Walsh" title="Louis Walsh">Louis Walsh</a>, longest-serving judge on <i>The X Factor</i> in all but two series.</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:115px;max-width:115px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:144px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sharon_Osbourne_2,_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Sharon_Osbourne_2%2C_2012.jpg/113px-Sharon_Osbourne_2%2C_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="113" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Sharon_Osbourne_2%2C_2012.jpg/170px-Sharon_Osbourne_2%2C_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Sharon_Osbourne_2%2C_2012.jpg/226px-Sharon_Osbourne_2%2C_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1277" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Sharon_Osbourne" title="Sharon Osbourne">Sharon Osbourne</a>, a judge for the first four series, and then again in 2013, and 2016–17</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:115px;max-width:115px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:169px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dermot_Oleary_by_Walterlan_Papetti.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Dermot_Oleary_by_Walterlan_Papetti.jpg/113px-Dermot_Oleary_by_Walterlan_Papetti.jpg" decoding="async" width="113" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Dermot_Oleary_by_Walterlan_Papetti.jpg/170px-Dermot_Oleary_by_Walterlan_Papetti.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Dermot_Oleary_by_Walterlan_Papetti.jpg/226px-Dermot_Oleary_by_Walterlan_Papetti.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2356" data-file-height="3534" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Dermot_O%27Leary" title="Dermot O'Leary">Dermot O'Leary</a> served the longest as the programme's host from 2007, with a one-year break in 2015</div></div></div></div></div> <p>Contestants who make it through both the second and third stages eventually enter the live rounds of the competition. By this stage they compete against each other over a series of elimination heats, with those that make it through competition to win in a live final, with these filmed in two parts in a fixed studio venue (except for the final after the eighth series): a performance episode featuring all active participants; and a results episode, which includes a live or pre-recorded performances by celebrity performers. During this time, they move into shared accommodation while involved in the live episodes, sharing this with production staff;<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> filming "behind-the-scenes" within the accommodation is frequently down and used in live episodes for <i>The Xtra Factor</i>. In some series, some additional participants are sometimes selected from the rejects to act as wildcards in these stages, alongside those who progressed to the live episodes. </p><p>In these stages, each participant not only performs on live television, but also before the judges and a live studio audience. Their routine is often designed to fully judge their singing talent, appearance, personality and stage presence that may not have been noticeable during auditions, with their routine focusing a performance to a specific song  –  originally a pop or contemporary hit from the charts in early series, before being later assigned based on the musical theme for the episode. Performance may sometimes be accompanied by backing dancers and musicians, and, in some cases, participants may also provide their own music and/or dance routines. At the end of each performance, the judges provide feedback on each performance, with their discussions often regularly adding entertainment value to each live episode. However, success is determined by the public vote in each episode. The system involves the same phone number, with exception for the last two digits which, beginning at "01", is assigned to each participant by order of appearance. The phone number is displayed twice for viewers  –  once after a participant's performance is over, and a second time after all performances are completed and phone lines opened. Voting is conducted over a set time period, and closed before the results are announced of each stage of the live shows is shown, with the public vote results not detailing the actual number of votes or the ranked order (first to last) the public placed each act in).<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the elimination stages, the two acts to be the lowest ranked in the public vote are revealed, and thus face off against each other in a "final showdown". This consists of conducting a new performance primarily for the judges  –  while earlier series focused on reprisal of their earlier songs, producers changed this after the fourth series to allow them to pick new songs to perform to. After their performances are completed, the judges vote on which act to eliminate. When the fourth series saw the introduction of a fourth judge, the result was given the chance to be tied. In the event of a tie, the result goes to deadlock, where the earlier public vote determines the elimination of the acts in the final showdown which means, of the two acts in the final showdown, the act who received the lowest number of votes in the public vote is eliminated. Sometimes in certain years, starting with the third series, due to an increased number of acts in the live shows or reduced weeks, a double elimination is featured where the three acts who were the lowest ranked in the public vote are revealed, with the act who finished last in the public vote is immediately eliminated with the other two acts in the bottom two perform in the final showdown for the judges' votes. After only five (series 2, 4–6), or four (series, 1, 3, 7–9), or three (series 10–13, 15) acts remain, no final showdown is involved  –  the act who finished last in the public vote is automatically eliminated. In the final, the public vote decides the winner, who receives at the end of the competition a £1 million recording contract with <a href="/wiki/Syco_Music" title="Syco Music">Syco Music</a>, in association with <a href="/wiki/Sony_Music_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Music Entertainment">Sony Music</a>, which, by the beginning of the fifth series, included a £150,000 cash advance with the balance covering the costs of recording and marketing.<sup id="cite_ref-TheTimes_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheTimes-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other highly placed contestants may also be offered recording deals, but this is not guaranteed.<sup id="cite_ref-TheTimes_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheTimes-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Judges_and_presenters">Judges and presenters</h2></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Presenters </th> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kate_Thornton" title="Kate Thornton">Kate Thornton</a>: 2004–2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dermot_O%27Leary" title="Dermot O'Leary">Dermot O'Leary</a>: 2007–2014, 2016–2018</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Flack" title="Caroline Flack">Caroline Flack</a>: 2015</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olly_Murs" title="Olly Murs">Olly Murs</a>: 2015</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Main Judges </th> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Cowell" title="Simon Cowell">Simon Cowell</a>: 2004–2010, 2014–2018</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharon_Osbourne" title="Sharon Osbourne">Sharon Osbourne</a>: 2004–2007, 2013, 2016–2017</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Walsh" title="Louis Walsh">Louis Walsh</a>: 2004–2014, 2016–2017</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dannii_Minogue" title="Dannii Minogue">Dannii Minogue</a>: 2007–2010</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheryl_(singer)" title="Cheryl (singer)">Cheryl</a>: 2008–2010, 2014–2015</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Barlow" title="Gary Barlow">Gary Barlow</a>: 2011–2013</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulisa" title="Tulisa">Tulisa</a>: 2011–2012<sup id="cite_ref-overview5_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview5-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Rowland" title="Kelly Rowland">Kelly Rowland</a>: 2011</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicole_Scherzinger" title="Nicole Scherzinger">Nicole Scherzinger</a>: 2012–2013, 2016–2017<sup id="cite_ref-overview9_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview9-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_B" title="Mel B">Mel B</a>: 2014<sup id="cite_ref-overview6_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview6-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Grimshaw" title="Nick Grimshaw">Nick Grimshaw</a>: 2015</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rita_Ora" title="Rita Ora">Rita Ora</a>: 2015</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayda_Field" title="Ayda Field">Ayda Field</a>: 2018</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Williams" title="Robbie Williams">Robbie Williams</a>: 2018</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Tomlinson" title="Louis Tomlinson">Louis Tomlinson</a>: 2018</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Guest Judges </th> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paula_Abdul" title="Paula Abdul">Paula Abdul</a>: 2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Friedman" title="Brian Friedman">Brian Friedman</a>: 2007<sup id="cite_ref-overview1_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geri_Halliwell" title="Geri Halliwell">Geri Halliwell</a>: 2010, 2012<sup id="cite_ref-overview2_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview2-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natalie_Imbruglia" title="Natalie Imbruglia">Natalie Imbruglia</a>: 2010<sup id="cite_ref-overview2_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview2-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katy_Perry" title="Katy Perry">Katy Perry</a>: 2010<sup id="cite_ref-overview2_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview2-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pixie_Lott" title="Pixie Lott">Pixie Lott</a>: 2010<sup id="cite_ref-overview2_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview2-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Nicole Scherzinger: 2010<sup id="cite_ref-overview9_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview9-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexandra_Burke" title="Alexandra Burke">Alexandra Burke</a>: 2011<sup id="cite_ref-overview3_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview3-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leona_Lewis" title="Leona Lewis">Leona Lewis</a>: 2012<sup id="cite_ref-overview4_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview4-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Rita Ora: 2012<sup id="cite_ref-overview4_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview4-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mel B: 2012, 2016<sup id="cite_ref-overview6_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview6-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anastacia" title="Anastacia">Anastacia</a>: 2012<sup id="cite_ref-overview4_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview4-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Tulisa: 2014<sup id="cite_ref-overview5_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview5-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alesha_Dixon" title="Alesha Dixon">Alesha Dixon</a>: 2017<sup id="cite_ref-overview7_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview7-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>i<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nile_Rodgers" title="Nile Rodgers">Nile Rodgers</a>: 2018<sup id="cite_ref-overview8_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview8-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>j<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Judges">Judges</h3></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Judges </th> <th colspan="15">Season </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_1" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 1">1</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_2" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 2">2</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_3" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 3">3</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_4" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 4">4</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_5" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 5">5</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_6" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 6">6</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_7" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 7">7</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_8" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 8">8</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_9" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 9">9</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_10" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 10">10</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_11" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 11">11</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_12" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 12">12</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_13" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 13">13</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_14" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 14">14</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_15" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 15">15</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Simon_Cowell" title="Simon Cowell">Simon Cowell</a> </td> <td colspan="7" style="background-color:#ff6363"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td> <td colspan="5" style="background-color:#ff6363"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sharon_Osbourne" title="Sharon Osbourne">Sharon Osbourne</a> </td> <td colspan="4" style="background-color:#ff70bc"> </td> <td colspan="5" style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td> <td style="background-color:#ff70bc"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ff70bc"> </td> <td style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Louis_Walsh" title="Louis Walsh">Louis Walsh</a> </td> <td colspan="11" style="background-color:#a2a9b1"> </td> <td style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#a2a9b1"> </td> <td style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dannii_Minogue" title="Dannii Minogue">Dannii Minogue</a> </td> <td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td> <td colspan="4" style="background-color:#ffc4b2"> </td> <td colspan="8" style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cheryl" title="Cheryl">Cheryl</a> </td> <td colspan="4" style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f5b9d9"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#f5b9d9"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Barlow" title="Gary Barlow">Gary Barlow</a> </td> <td colspan="7" style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f4939c"> </td> <td colspan="5" style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Rowland" title="Kelly Rowland">Kelly Rowland</a> </td> <td colspan="7" style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td> <td style="background-color:#ffee7d"> </td> <td colspan="7" style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tulisa_Contostavlos" class="mw-redirect" title="Tulisa Contostavlos">Tulisa</a> </td> <td colspan="7" style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#a0afe1"> </td> <td style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td> <td>★ </td> <td colspan="4" style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicole_Scherzinger" title="Nicole Scherzinger">Nicole Scherzinger</a> </td> <td colspan="6" style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td> <td>★ </td> <td style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#d3b4e6"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#d3b4e6"> </td> <td style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Melanie_Brown" class="mw-redirect" title="Melanie Brown">Mel B</a> </td> <td colspan="8" style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td> <td>★ </td> <td style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td> <td style="background-color:#a8d9a1"> </td> <td style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td> <td>★ </td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nick_Grimshaw" title="Nick Grimshaw">Nick Grimshaw</a> </td> <td colspan="11" style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td> <td style="background-color:#d3ab95"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rita_Ora" title="Rita Ora">Rita Ora</a> </td> <td colspan="8" style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td> <td>★ </td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td> <td style="background-color:#e6da8d"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ayda_Field" title="Ayda Field">Ayda Field</a> </td> <td colspan="14" style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td> <td style="background-color:#d0f0c0"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Louis_Tomlinson" title="Louis Tomlinson">Louis Tomlinson</a> </td> <td colspan="14" style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td> <td style="background-color:#aedaea"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Williams" title="Robbie Williams">Robbie Williams</a> </td> <td colspan="14" style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> </td> <td style="background-color:#7998ff"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Known as <i>SYCOtv</i> from 2004 to 2012</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-overview5-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-overview5_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-overview5_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Tulisa returned as a guest judge for a single live episode in 2014. She covered for Mel B, who was unable to attend due to illness.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-overview9-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-overview9_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-overview9_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Scherzinger was a guest judge in the 2010 series.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-overview6-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-overview6_25-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-overview6_25-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Mel B was a guest judge in the 2012 series. She returned as a guest for a single audition episode in 2016 that Scherzinger could not attend due to scheduling conflicts.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-overview1-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-overview1_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Friedman was originally recruited to be a permanent judge to replace Walsh, but was denoted as a guest judge when he was reassigned as a creative director on the programme and Walsh agreed to return for the fourth series.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-overview2-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-overview2_27-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-overview2_27-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-overview2_27-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-overview2_27-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Stood in for Dannii Minogue during her maternity leave.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-overview3-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-overview3_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Only as a stand-in for Rowland in live episodes of this series that she was unable to attend for medical reasons.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-overview4-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-overview4_29-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-overview4_29-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-overview4_29-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Guest judge for the auditions.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-overview7-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-overview7_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dixon served as a guest judge on three separate occasions during this series as a stand-in for another judge: for Scherzinger, who could not attend an audition episode due to other commitments; for Osbourne, who could not attend an audition episode due a long-standing back injury; and for Cowell, who could not attend a live episode.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-overview8-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-overview8_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rogers served as guest judge for three live episodes, as a substitute for Williams, who had other arrangements during each episodes scheduled airdate.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Judging_history">Judging history</h3></div> <p>For the first three series after the programme began in 2004, the judging panel consisted of music executive and TV producer <a href="/wiki/Simon_Cowell" title="Simon Cowell">Simon Cowell</a>, and music managers <a href="/wiki/Sharon_Osbourne" title="Sharon Osbourne">Sharon Osbourne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Louis_Walsh" title="Louis Walsh">Louis Walsh</a>, while it was presented by <a href="/wiki/Kate_Thornton" title="Kate Thornton">Kate Thornton</a>. In March 2007, Thornton was dropped from the programme, with <a href="/wiki/Dermot_O%27Leary" title="Dermot O'Leary">Dermot O'Leary</a> offered a two-year contract, worth £1 million, to take over as host,<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which eventually led to him ending his involvement in the <i><a href="/wiki/Big_Brother_(British_TV_series)" title="Big Brother (British TV series)">Big Brother</a></i> franchise later that year to concentrate on his new role.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June that same year, the judging panel was expanded to include a fourth judge, and saw changes in the lineup: <a href="/wiki/Brian_Friedman" title="Brian Friedman">Brian Friedman</a> took over from Walsh when he chose to leave the programme,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while Australian singer <a href="/wiki/Dannii_Minogue" title="Dannii Minogue">Dannii Minogue</a> joined the panel. However, Friedman dropped out of the panel during auditions for the fourth series, being reassigned as a creative director for the programme, while Walsh agreed to return as a result of this situation.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Osbourne left the programme before the fifth series in 2008,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with ITV replacing her with <a href="/wiki/Cheryl_(singer)" title="Cheryl (singer)">Cheryl</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the seventh series, Minogue went on maternity leave, leaving the production staff to fill her place on the panel with a series of guest judges during auditions  –  these included <a href="/wiki/Geri_Halliwell" title="Geri Halliwell">Geri Halliwell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Natalie_Imbruglia" title="Natalie Imbruglia">Natalie Imbruglia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Katy_Perry" title="Katy Perry">Katy Perry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pixie_Lott" title="Pixie Lott">Pixie Lott</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nicole_Scherzinger" title="Nicole Scherzinger">Nicole Scherzinger</a>. </p><p>In May 2011, Cowell and Cheryl announced their decision to leave the programme before the eighth series, in order to concentrate on the <a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(American_TV_series)" title="The X Factor (American TV series)">American edition of the programme</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same month, Minogue also left the programme, citing that her schedule for the live episodes of <i><a href="/wiki/Australia%27s_Got_Talent" title="Australia's Got Talent">Australia's Got Talent</a></i> that year would conflict with her involvement with <i>The X Factor</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Belfast_Telegraph_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Belfast_Telegraph-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several celebrities in the music industry were approached to replace all three,<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before the producers opted for their replacements to be <a href="/wiki/Gary_Barlow" title="Gary Barlow">Gary Barlow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tulisa" title="Tulisa">Tulisa</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Rowland" title="Kelly Rowland">Kelly Rowland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the eighth series, Rowland was unable to attend live episodes for medical reasons, leading to previous <i>X Factor</i> winner <a href="/wiki/Alexandra_Burke" title="Alexandra Burke">Alexandra Burke</a> standing in for her.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the series concluded, Rowland opted to drop out of the programme due to other commitments,<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> leading to a series of guest judges being used during the ninth series,<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before Nicole Scherzinger was chosen as her replacement.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2013, Tulisa announced she was leaving <i>The X Factor</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with Osbourne revealed to be returning,<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but later clarifying it was for the tenth series only,<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with Barlow announcing during its live episodes that he would also be leaving <i>The X Factor</i> after the series' conclusion.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2014, Cowell announced his return as a judge for the eleventh series,<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as he worked to reinvent the programme. The panel saw him bring back Cheryl as Osbourne's replacement,<sup id="cite_ref-X_Factor_2014_(Billboard)_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-X_Factor_2014_(Billboard)-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-X_Factor_2014_(THR)_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-X_Factor_2014_(THR)-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while replacing Scherzinger with <a href="/wiki/Spice_Girls" title="Spice Girls">Spice Girls</a> member <a href="/wiki/Mel_B" title="Mel B">Mel B</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2015, O'Leary announced that he was quitting the show in order to pursue other projects, and was replaced a month later by both <a href="/wiki/Olly_Murs" title="Olly Murs">Olly Murs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Caroline_Flack" title="Caroline Flack">Caroline Flack</a> as co-presenters,<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the latter having served as a backstage presenter since 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Walsh left the programme in May 2015, after revealing that he had spent enough time on <i>The X Factor</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With Mel B not signing up for another series, both judges were replaced by <a href="/wiki/Nick_Grimshaw" title="Nick Grimshaw">Nick Grimshaw</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rita_Ora" title="Rita Ora">Rita Ora</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2016, Murs quit the programme to focus on his music career,<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with Flack departing the programme around the same time.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following month, O'Leary rejoined the programme as presenter.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alongside the change in presenters, the judging panel was also changed again  –  after Grimshaw left in February 2016,<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cheryl in April,<sup id="cite_ref-Cheryl_Quits_(April_2016)_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cheryl_Quits_(April_2016)-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Ora in May,<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cowell was rejoined by Walsh, Osbourne and Scherzinger,<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for the next two years,<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though the latter two cast doubts on this arrangement.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cowell was joined on the judging panel by <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Williams" title="Robbie Williams">Robbie Williams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ayda_Field" title="Ayda Field">Ayda Field</a> and <a href="/wiki/Louis_Tomlinson" title="Louis Tomlinson">Louis Tomlinson</a> for the fifteenth and final series in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Series_overview">Series overview</h2></div> <table class="wikitable" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none; text-align:center; font-size:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Series </th> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Number" title="Number"><span style="color:black;background: white;"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></span></a> of episodes </th> <th colspan="2">Originally aired </th> <th style="background:gold;" align="center" rowspan="2">Winner<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_1"><a href="#endnote_1">1</a></sup> </th> <th style="background:silver;" align="center" rowspan="2">Runner-up<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_1"><a href="#endnote_1">1</a></sup> </th> <th rowspan="2">Average UK viewers<br />(millions)<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_2"><a href="#endnote_2">2</a></sup> </th> <th rowspan="2">Winning Mentor </th></tr> <tr> <th>First episode </th> <th>Last episode </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_series_1)" class="mw-redirect" title="The X Factor (British series 1)">1</a> </th> <td>24 </td> <td>4 September 2004 </td> <td>11 December 2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Brookstein" title="Steve Brookstein">Steve Brookstein</a><br />Over 25s </td> <td><a href="/wiki/G4_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="G4 (band)">G4</a><br />Groups </td> <td>7.40 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Simon_Cowell" title="Simon Cowell">Simon Cowell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_series_2)" class="mw-redirect" title="The X Factor (British series 2)">2</a> </th> <td>30 </td> <td>20 August 2005 </td> <td>17 December 2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shayne_Ward" title="Shayne Ward">Shayne Ward</a><br />16–24s </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andy_Abraham" title="Andy Abraham">Andy Abraham</a><br />Over 25s </td> <td>8.73 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Louis_Walsh" title="Louis Walsh">Louis Walsh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_series_3)" class="mw-redirect" title="The X Factor (British series 3)">3</a> </th> <td>30 </td> <td>19 August 2006 </td> <td>16 December 2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leona_Lewis" title="Leona Lewis">Leona Lewis</a><br />16–24s </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ray_Quinn" title="Ray Quinn">Ray Quinn</a><br />16–24s </td> <td>8.27 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Simon_Cowell" title="Simon Cowell">Simon Cowell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_series_4)" class="mw-redirect" title="The X Factor (British series 4)">4</a> </th> <td>28 </td> <td>18 August 2007 </td> <td>15 December 2007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leon_Jackson" title="Leon Jackson">Leon Jackson</a><br />Boys </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rhydian_Roberts" title="Rhydian Roberts">Rhydian Roberts</a><br />Boys </td> <td>8.57 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dannii_Minogue" title="Dannii Minogue">Dannii Minogue</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_series_5)" class="mw-redirect" title="The X Factor (British series 5)">5</a> </th> <td>30 </td> <td>16 August 2008 </td> <td>13 December 2008 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexandra_Burke" title="Alexandra Burke">Alexandra Burke</a><br />Girls </td> <td><a href="/wiki/JLS" title="JLS">JLS</a><br />Groups </td> <td>10.51 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Cheryl_(singer)" title="Cheryl (singer)">Cheryl Cole</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_series_6)" class="mw-redirect" title="The X Factor (British series 6)">6</a> </th> <td>30 </td> <td>22 August 2009 </td> <td>13 December 2009 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_McElderry" title="Joe McElderry">Joe McElderry</a><br />Boys </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Olly_Murs" title="Olly Murs">Olly Murs</a><br />Over 25s </td> <td>13.00 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_series_7)" class="mw-redirect" title="The X Factor (British series 7)">7</a> </th> <td>30 </td> <td>21 August 2010 </td> <td>12 December 2010 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Cardle" title="Matt Cardle">Matt Cardle</a><br />Boys </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Ferguson_(singer)" title="Rebecca Ferguson (singer)">Rebecca Ferguson</a><br />Girls </td> <td>14.13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dannii_Minogue" title="Dannii Minogue">Dannii Minogue</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_series_8)" class="mw-redirect" title="The X Factor (British series 8)">8</a> </th> <td>31 </td> <td>20 August 2011 </td> <td>11 December 2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Little_Mix" title="Little Mix">Little Mix</a><br />Groups </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Collins_(singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Marcus Collins (singer)">Marcus Collins</a><br />Boys </td> <td>12.41 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tulisa" title="Tulisa">Tulisa</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_series_9)" class="mw-redirect" title="The X Factor (British series 9)">9</a> </th> <td>31 </td> <td>18 August 2012 </td> <td>9 December 2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Arthur_(singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Arthur (singer)">James Arthur</a><br />Boys </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jahm%C3%A9ne_Douglas" class="mw-redirect" title="Jahméne Douglas">Jahméne Douglas</a><br />Boys </td> <td>9.92 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicole_Scherzinger" title="Nicole Scherzinger">Nicole Scherzinger</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_series_10)" class="mw-redirect" title="The X Factor (British series 10)">10</a> </th> <td>32 </td> <td>31 August 2013 </td> <td>15 December 2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sam_Bailey" title="Sam Bailey">Sam Bailey</a><br />Over 25s </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_McDonald" title="Nicholas McDonald">Nicholas McDonald</a><br />Boys </td> <td>9.69 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sharon_Osbourne" title="Sharon Osbourne">Sharon Osbourne</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_series_11)" class="mw-redirect" title="The X Factor (British series 11)">11</a> </th> <td>34 </td> <td>30 August 2014 </td> <td>14 December 2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ben_Haenow" title="Ben Haenow">Ben Haenow</a><br />Over 26s </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fleur_East" title="Fleur East">Fleur East</a><br />Over 26s </td> <td>8.98 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Simon_Cowell" title="Simon Cowell">Simon Cowell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_series_12)" class="mw-redirect" title="The X Factor (British series 12)">12</a> </th> <td>28 </td> <td>29 August 2015 </td> <td>13 December 2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Louisa_Johnson_(singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisa Johnson (singer)">Louisa Johnson</a><br />Girls </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reggie_%27n%27_Bollie" title="Reggie 'n' Bollie">Reggie 'n' Bollie</a><br />Groups </td> <td>8.02 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rita_Ora" title="Rita Ora">Rita Ora</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_series_13)" class="mw-redirect" title="The X Factor (British series 13)">13</a> </th> <td>32 </td> <td>27 August 2016 </td> <td>11 December 2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Terry" title="Matt Terry">Matt Terry</a><br />Boys </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saara_Aalto" title="Saara Aalto">Saara Aalto</a><br />Over 25s </td> <td>7.62 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicole_Scherzinger" title="Nicole Scherzinger">Nicole Scherzinger</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_series_14)" class="mw-redirect" title="The X Factor (British series 14)">14</a> </th> <td>28 </td> <td>2 September 2017 </td> <td>3 December 2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rak-Su" title="Rak-Su">Rak-Su</a><br />Groups </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grace_Davies_(singer)" title="Grace Davies (singer)">Grace Davies</a><br />Girls </td> <td>6.34 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Simon_Cowell" title="Simon Cowell">Simon Cowell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_series_15)" class="mw-redirect" title="The X Factor (British series 15)">15</a> </th> <td>28 </td> <td>1 September 2018 </td> <td>2 December 2018 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dalton_Harris" title="Dalton Harris">Dalton Harris</a><br />Boys </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scarlett_Lee" title="Scarlett Lee">Scarlett Lee</a><br />Girls </td> <td>5.75 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Louis_Tomlinson" title="Louis Tomlinson">Louis Tomlinson</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_1"><b><a href="#ref_1">^1</a></b></span> Winner and runner-up fields include both the participant's name and the category they were placed under in that year's competition.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_2"><b><a href="#ref_2">^2</a></b></span> Viewing figure information is provided by the <a href="/wiki/Broadcasters%27_Audience_Research_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadcasters' Audience Research Board">Broadcasters' Audience Research Board</a> (BARB).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ratings">Ratings</h3></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_X_Factor_viewership_trend.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/The_X_Factor_viewership_trend.png/500px-The_X_Factor_viewership_trend.png" decoding="async" width="500" height="304" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/The_X_Factor_viewership_trend.png 1.5x" data-file-width="573" data-file-height="348" /></a><figcaption>Graph showing the trend in UK viewership across the fifteen series, with <i>The X Factor</i> reaching its ratings peak by the seventh series in 2010.</figcaption></figure> <p>When the programme initially began in 2004, its viewing figures fell behind those for the BBC's rival talent show <i><a href="/wiki/Strictly_Come_Dancing" title="Strictly Come Dancing">Strictly Come Dancing</a></i>. However, the situation changed in the following year, when the second series began to attract a larger audience share.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the second series attracted an average of over 8 million viewers during its broadcast, consecutive series increased these figures  –  peak audience figures for the fourth series' live final surpassed over 12.7 million viewers, achieving a share of 55% share of the terrestrial TV audience,<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the sixth series achieved a peak audience of 19.1 million viewers and over 63% of the audience share during its broadcast.<sup id="cite_ref-19.7m_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19.7m-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Viewing figures reached their peak by 2010, with the seventh series achieving average viewing figures of over 14 million viewers, and its live final achieving a peak audience of 19.4 million viewers.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011, the eighth series achieved an average viewing figure of 12.4 million viewers during its broadcast, and was effectively overtaken in the ratings battle by <i>Strictly Come Dancing</i>, especially for its live final showing the beginning of a steep ratings decline.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 2012 onwards, ratings of <i>The X Factor</i> went into sharp decline  –  the tenth series achieved an average viewing audience of 8.5 million viewers, much less than <i>Strictly Come Dancing</i>, with later series proving less popular on Saturday evenings compared to other programmes, such as <i><a href="/wiki/Michael_McIntyre%27s_Big_Show" title="Michael McIntyre's Big Show">Michael McIntyre's Big Show</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Planet_Earth_II" title="Planet Earth II">Planet Earth II</a></i>. </p><p>By 2017, ratings for the programme were worse, with <i>The X Factor</i> achieving low average viewing figures of less than seven million viewers, effectively placing its future in doubt after the fifteenth series, and leading to its eventual cancellation.<sup id="cite_ref-Cancelled_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cancelled-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards">Awards</h3></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/British_Comedy_Awards_2005" class="mw-redirect" title="British Comedy Awards 2005">2005 British Comedy Awards</a>, <i>The X Factor</i> beat <i><a href="/wiki/Friday_Night_with_Jonathan_Ross" title="Friday Night with Jonathan Ross">Friday Night with Jonathan Ross</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Ant_%26_Dec%27s_Saturday_Night_Takeaway" title="Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway">Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway</a></i> to take the award for Best Comedy Entertainment Programme. This prompting Cowell to remark, "We're not a comedy programme, we're a serious factual drama".<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In both 2005 and 2006, <i>The X Factor</i> won the award for "<a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_National_Television_Awards#2006_results_and_nominations" class="mw-redirect" title="Results of the National Television Awards">Most Popular Entertainment Programme</a>" at the <a href="/wiki/National_Television_Awards" title="National Television Awards">National Television Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same awards in 2007, the show also won the award for "Most Popular Talent Show".<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008 it lost out to <i>Strictly Come Dancing</i> at the <a href="/wiki/TV_Quick" title="TV Quick">TV Quick</a> Awards, <a href="/wiki/TRIC_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="TRIC Awards">TRIC Awards</a> and National Television Awards,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (October 2010)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> despite beating it in the ratings.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 2010, <i>The X Factor</i> won "Best Talent Show" at the National Television Awards.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The show won the Entertainment award at the 2010 <a href="/wiki/Royal_Television_Society_Programme_Awards" title="Royal Television Society Programme Awards">Royal Television Society Awards</a>, described as "Undeniably a brilliant, genre-defining piece of television; the team behind this show never rest on their laurels and are determined to continually raise the bar and set new standards. Must-see television, which everyone talks about on a Monday morning."<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/16th_National_Television_Awards" title="16th National Television Awards">2011 National Television Awards</a>, <i>The X Factor</i> won the Talent Show award, beating <i><a href="/wiki/Strictly_Come_Dancing" title="Strictly Come Dancing">Strictly Come Dancing</a></i>, <i>Britain's Got Talent</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Dancing_on_Ice" title="Dancing on Ice">Dancing on Ice</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/17th_National_Television_Awards" title="17th National Television Awards">2012 National Television Awards</a>, <i>The X Factor</i> again beat <i>Strictly Come Dancing</i>, <i>Britain's Got Talent</i> and <i>Dancing on Ice</i> to the award. The show also won Best UK TV Show at the <a href="/wiki/2012_Kids%27_Choice_Awards" title="2012 Kids' Choice Awards">2012 Kids' Choice Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/20th_National_Television_Awards" title="20th National Television Awards">2015 National Television Awards</a>, <i>The X Factor</i> won Best Talent Show for the first time in three years, beating <i>Strictly Come Dancing</i>, <i>Britain's Got Talent</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Voice_UK" title="The Voice UK">The Voice UK</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies_and_criticism">Controversies and criticism</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Controversy_and_criticism_of_The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)" title="Controversy and criticism of The X Factor (British TV series)">Controversy and criticism of The X Factor (British TV series)</a></div> <p>From the outset, <i>The X Factor</i> has attracted heavy criticism. Recurring allegations include: that the excessive commercialism of the show detracts from its supposed purpose of unearthing musical talent and even actively damages and distorts the UK music industry;<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that auditionees at mass auditions are shabbily treated; that controversy is deliberately courted and orchestrated, and supposedly spontaneous scenes are staged and scripted; that problems with phone lines leave members of the public unable to vote for their favourite acts; and that contestants are manipulated and unfairly edited. </p><p>This criticism became very public in 2009 when a <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> campaign targeted against <i>The X Factor</i> and its effect on British music took "<a href="/wiki/Killing_in_the_Name" title="Killing in the Name">Killing in the Name</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Rage_Against_the_Machine" title="Rage Against the Machine">Rage Against the Machine</a> to the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Christmas_number_one_singles_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Christmas number one singles (UK)">Christmas number one</a> spot at the expense of the <i>X Factor</i> winner's single by <a href="/wiki/Joe_McElderry" title="Joe McElderry">Joe McElderry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>The X Factor</i> usually has at least one "novelty" or "joke" act in the live shows,<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which help to boost ratings and add some fun into the live shows, although they tend to be controversial due to the show being primarily a singing competition.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former judge <a href="/wiki/Gary_Barlow" title="Gary Barlow">Gary Barlow</a> reportedly had an issue with joke acts when asked to mentor the Over 28s category in the <a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_series_9)" class="mw-redirect" title="The X Factor (British series 9)">ninth series</a>, because "Gary doesn't like joke acts and the Overs category is often full of novelty acts."<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite controversially being part of the format, their non-involvement in the tenth series drew criticism, with Olly Mann of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i> arguing, "The fact that the joke contestants made it through to the live shows used to be the most gloriously British part of <i>The X Factor</i>. We love an underdog... It was a vital part of the format."<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_broadcasts">International broadcasts</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)" title="Special:EditPage/The X Factor (British TV series)">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. 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TV</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Family_Channel_(Canadian_TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Family Channel (Canadian TV network)">Family Channel</a> (29 July 2015)<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/DR3" title="DR3">DR3</a> (2014–2017), <a href="/wiki/TV_2_Zulu" title="TV 2 Zulu">TV 2 Zulu</a> (2018–) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/TV3_(Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="TV3 (Ireland)">TV3</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/TVM_(Malta)" title="TVM (Malta)">TVM</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fox_Life" title="Fox Life">Fox Life</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/AXS_TV" title="AXS TV">AXS TV</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Channel_5_(Singaporean_TV_channel)" title="Channel 5 (Singaporean TV channel)">Mediacorp Channel 5</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Slovakia" title="Slovakia">Slovakia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Plus_(Slovak_TV_channel)" title="Plus (Slovak TV channel)">JOJ Plus</a> </td> <td>2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blue_Ant_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue Ant Entertainment">Blue Ant Entertainment</a> (formerly RTL CBS Entertainment) </td> <td>2014 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Three_(TV_channel)" title="Three (TV channel)">TV3</a> </td> <td>2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/TVNZ_1" title="TVNZ 1">TVNZ 1</a> </td> <td>2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sub_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sub (TV channel)">Sub</a> </td> <td>2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/TV8_(Turkish_TV_channel)" title="TV8 (Turkish TV channel)">TV8,5</a> </td> <td>2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Television_Jamaica" title="Television Jamaica">TVJ</a><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> </td> <td>TEN<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2017 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Spin-offs">Spin-offs</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Xtra_Factor_(2004–2016)"><span id="The_Xtra_Factor_.282004.E2.80.932016.29"></span><i>The Xtra Factor</i> (2004–2016)</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_Xtra_Factor_(British_TV_series)" title="The Xtra Factor (British TV series)">The Xtra Factor (British TV series)</a></div> <p><i><b>The Xtra Factor</b></i> (known as <i><b>The Xtra Factor Live</b></i> in 2016) was a behind-the-scenes companion show that was broadcast on <a href="/wiki/ITV2" title="ITV2">ITV2</a> in the UK and on <a href="/wiki/TV3_(Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="TV3 (Ireland)">TV3</a> in Ireland, usually on Saturday and Sunday nights after the main show, this aired from 4 September 2004 to 11 December 2016. On 18 January 2017, it was announced that <i>The Xtra Factor</i> would be axed after 13 years and would be replaced by an online show instead.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_X_Factor:_Battle_of_the_Stars_(2006)"><span id="The_X_Factor:_Battle_of_the_Stars_.282006.29"></span><i>The X Factor: Battle of the Stars</i> (2006)</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor:_Battle_of_the_Stars" title="The X Factor: Battle of the Stars">The X Factor: Battle of the Stars</a></div> <p><i><b>The X Factor: Battle of the Stars</b></i> was a celebrity special edition of <i>The X Factor</i>, which screened on ITV, starting on 29 May 2006 and lasting for eight consecutive nights. <i><a href="/wiki/Pop_Idol" title="Pop Idol">Pop Idol</a></i> was intended to be broadcast in its place as <i>Celebrity Pop Idol</i> but was stopped shortly before transmission, when ITV selected <i>The X Factor</i> instead. </p><p>Nine celebrity acts participated, singing live in front of the nation and facing the judges of the previous <i>The X Factor</i> series: Cowell, Osbourne and Walsh. Voting revenues were donated to the celebrities' chosen charities. The contestants were <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Marsh_(model)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michelle Marsh (model)">Michelle Marsh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nikki_Sanderson" title="Nikki Sanderson">Nikki Sanderson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matt_Stevens_(rugby_player)" class="mw-redirect" title="Matt Stevens (rugby player)">Matt Stevens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lucy_Benjamin" title="Lucy Benjamin">Lucy Benjamin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gillian_McKeith" title="Gillian McKeith">Gillian McKeith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Moyles" title="Chris Moyles">Chris Moyles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Daniels" title="Paul Daniels">Paul Daniels</a> and <a href="/wiki/Debbie_McGee" title="Debbie McGee">Debbie McGee</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Hewitt" title="James Hewitt">James Hewitt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Loos" title="Rebecca Loos">Rebecca Loos</a>, and "The Chefs", a quartet of celebrity chefs comprising <a href="/wiki/Jean-Christophe_Novelli" title="Jean-Christophe Novelli">Jean-Christophe Novelli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aldo_Zilli" title="Aldo Zilli">Aldo Zilli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Rankin" title="Paul Rankin">Paul Rankin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ross_Burden" title="Ross Burden">Ross Burden</a>. The winner of the show was Lucy Benjamin, mentored by Walsh.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Xtra_Bites_(2017–2019)"><span id="Xtra_Bites_.282017.E2.80.932019.29"></span><i>Xtra Bites</i> (2017–2019)</h3></div> <p><i><b>Xtra Bites</b></i> is the second companion and spin-off show to <i>The X Factor</i> which replaced <i>The Xtra Factor</i>, although <i>Xtra Bites</i> is an online spin-off show which started airing in 2017. The show looks at all the action from the show including behind the scenes footage of the judges and interviews with contestants from the show. It is uploaded onto <a href="/wiki/ITV_Hub" class="mw-redirect" title="ITV Hub">ITV Hub</a>, the show's YouTube channel, and the X Factor page on the <a href="/wiki/Just_Eat" title="Just Eat">Just Eat</a> website. There were 13 episodes uploaded altogether for the first series, all presented by Becca Dudley.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 23 August 2018, it was announced that <i>Xtra Bites</i> would return for another series after a successful first series, with new presenters Dudley and Tinea Taylor.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Vick_Hope" title="Vick Hope">Vick Hope</a> took over as host for the celebrity series in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_X_Factor:_Celebrity_(2019)"><span id="The_X_Factor:_Celebrity_.282019.29"></span><i>The X Factor: Celebrity</i> (2019)</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor:_Celebrity" title="The X Factor: Celebrity">The X Factor: Celebrity</a></div> <p>A second edition of <i>Battle of the Stars</i> was confirmed in the latter half of 2019 as <i>The X Factor: Celebrity</i> and began in October 2019. The show was won by <a href="/wiki/Megan_McKenna" title="Megan McKenna">Megan McKenna</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Max_and_Harvey" title="Max and Harvey">Max and Harvey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jenny_Ryan" title="Jenny Ryan">Jenny Ryan</a> finishing as runners-up.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_X_Factor:_The_Band_(2019)"><span id="The_X_Factor:_The_Band_.282019.29"></span><i>The X Factor: The Band</i> (2019)</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor:_The_Band" title="The X Factor: The Band">The X Factor: The Band</a></div> <p>In November 2019, Cowell announced that <i>The X Factor: The Band</i> would launch on 9 December 2019, with the premise of finding either the biggest male or female group. Each episode lasted for 90 minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-Heart_2_112-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Heart_2-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The show was won by <a href="/wiki/Real_Like_You" class="mw-redirect" title="Real Like You">Real Like You</a>, a girl group composed of Jess Folley, Virginia Hampson, Luena Martinèz, Seorsia Jack, Halle Williams and Kellimarie Willis.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music_releases_by_The_X_Factor_contestants">Music releases by <i>The X Factor</i> contestants</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_discography" title="The X Factor (British TV series) discography">The X Factor (British TV series) discography</a></div> <p>As of June 2015<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the show has spawned a total of 35 number-one singles: 10 winners' singles (six of which have been the Christmas number one), four charity singles (one each by the finalists of series 5, 6, 7 and 8), and 21 other number-ones by contestants who have appeared on the show (including winners and runners-up). </p><p>By series 6 in 2009, it had seemingly become such a certainty that the <i>X Factor</i> winner would gain the Christmas number one slot every year that bookmakers <a href="/wiki/William_Hill_(bookmaker)" title="William Hill (bookmaker)">William Hill</a> were considering withdrawing from the 30-year tradition of betting on the outcome.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, hostility to the show's stranglehold on the Christmas number one slot from some quarters had prompted attempts to propel an alternative song to the 2008 Christmas number one spot, and in 2009 a similar internet-led campaign was successful, taking <a href="/wiki/Rage_Against_the_Machine" title="Rage Against the Machine">Rage Against the Machine</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Killing_in_the_Name" title="Killing in the Name">Killing in the Name</a>" to Christmas number one at the expense of <i>The X Factor</i> winner Joe McElderry.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McElderry's single climbed to the top of the chart a week later. </p><p>In series 1–2, the winner's debut album would be released a few months after their victory in the show. The album would contain some new material but would consist largely of <a href="/wiki/Cover_version" title="Cover version">cover versions</a>. This format changed with series 3 winner <a href="/wiki/Leona_Lewis" title="Leona Lewis">Leona Lewis</a>. Cowell, Lewis's <i>X Factor</i> mentor and newly appointed manager, said: "We could have gone into the studio for a month, made the record quick, and thrown it out. It would have been the wrong thing to do."<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The success of Lewis's debut album <i><a href="/wiki/Spirit_(Leona_Lewis_album)" title="Spirit (Leona Lewis album)">Spirit</a></i> ensured that the debut albums of future series winners (such as series 4 winner <a href="/wiki/Leon_Jackson" title="Leon Jackson">Leon Jackson</a>) would consist more of new material than of cover versions. Series 10 winner <a href="/wiki/Sam_Bailey" title="Sam Bailey">Sam Bailey</a>, however, released her debut album of covers, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Power_of_Love_(Sam_Bailey_album)" title="The Power of Love (Sam Bailey album)">The Power of Love</a></i>, in March 2014, just three months after winning – the earliest ever debut album release by an <i>X Factor</i> winner. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Charity_singles">Charity singles</h3></div> <p>During the fifth series of the show, the contestants released a cover of <a href="/wiki/Mariah_Carey" title="Mariah Carey">Mariah Carey</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Hero_(Mariah_Carey_song)" title="Hero (Mariah Carey song)">Hero</a>" in aid of <a href="/wiki/Help_for_Heroes" title="Help for Heroes">Help for Heroes</a> which reached number one in the UK singles charts. Following the success of the song, Cowell announced that a charity single would be released annually (though the process was discontinued in series 9). He is quoted as saying: "Following last year's record we made with the <i>X Factor</i> finalists in aid of Help for Heroes, we decided we wanted to do something annually on the show to help good causes."<sup id="cite_ref-HitsFor_117-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HitsFor-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2009 contestants released a cover of <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/You_Are_Not_Alone" title="You Are Not Alone">You Are Not Alone</a>" which was released in aid of <a href="/wiki/Great_Ormond_Street_Hospital" title="Great Ormond Street Hospital">Great Ormond Street Hospital</a><sup id="cite_ref-HitsFor_117-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HitsFor-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and reached number one.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2010 contestants released a cover of <a href="/wiki/David_Bowie" title="David Bowie">David Bowie</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/%22Heroes%22_(David_Bowie_song)" title=""Heroes" (David Bowie song)">'Heroes</a>", with proceeds once again going to the Help for Heroes charity.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011, the contestants released <a href="/wiki/Rose_Royce" title="Rose Royce">Rose Royce</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Wishing_on_a_Star" title="Wishing on a Star">Wishing on a Star</a>" and the proceeds were donated to <a href="/wiki/Together_for_Short_Lives" title="Together for Short Lives">Together for Short Lives</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This song features previous contestants <a href="/wiki/JLS" title="JLS">JLS</a> and <a href="/wiki/One_Direction" title="One Direction">One Direction</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, it was announced that the winner's single would also be the charity single.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The charity single was scrapped after series 8, although the winner's singles from series 9 onwards were all released for charity. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th rowspan="2">Song </th> <th colspan="2">Peak<br />chart<br />positions </th> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Music_recording_sales_certifications" class="mw-redirect" title="Music recording sales certifications">Certifications</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_sales_certifications" class="mw-redirect" title="List of music recording sales certifications">(sales thresholds)</a></small> </th> <th rowspan="2">Charity </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:3em;"><a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK</a> </th> <th style="width:3em;"><a href="/wiki/Irish_Singles_Chart" title="Irish Singles Chart">IRL</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td style="text-align:left;">"<a href="/wiki/Hero_(Mariah_Carey_song_and_The_X_Factor_Finalist_2008)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hero (Mariah Carey song and The X Factor Finalist 2008)">Hero</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-hero-peaks_123-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hero-peaks-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>(<i>X Factor</i> Finalists 2008)</small> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">UK</a>: 2× Platinum<sup id="cite_ref-BPI_125-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BPI-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Help_for_Heroes" title="Help for Heroes">Help for Heroes</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td style="text-align:left;">"<a href="/wiki/You_Are_Not_Alone#The_X_Factor_UK_2009_finalists_version" title="You Are Not Alone">You Are Not Alone</a>"<br /><small>(<i>X Factor</i> Finalists 2009)</small> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">UK</a>: Gold<sup id="cite_ref-BPI_125-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BPI-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Great_Ormond_Street_Hospital" title="Great Ormond Street Hospital">Great Ormond Street Hospital</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td style="text-align:left;">"<a href="/wiki/%22Heroes%22_(David_Bowie_song)#The_X_Factor_UK_2010_finalists_version" title=""Heroes" (David Bowie song)">Heroes</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>(<i>X Factor</i> Finalists 2010)</small> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">UK</a>: Silver<sup id="cite_ref-BPI_125-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BPI-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Help for Heroes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td style="text-align:left;">"<a href="/wiki/Wishing_on_a_Star_(The_X_Factor_series_8_version)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wishing on a Star (The X Factor series 8 version)">Wishing on a Star</a>"<br /><small>(<i>X Factor</i> Finalists 2011 featuring <a href="/wiki/JLS" title="JLS">JLS</a> and <a href="/wiki/One_Direction" title="One Direction">One Direction</a>)</small> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Together_for_Short_Lives" title="Together for Short Lives">Together for Short Lives</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td style="text-align:left;">"<a href="/wiki/Impossible_(James_Arthur_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Impossible (James Arthur song)">Impossible</a>"<br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/James_Arthur_(singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Arthur (singer)">James Arthur</a> – series 9 winner's single)</small> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">UK</a>: 2× Platinum<sup id="cite_ref-BPI_125-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BPI-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td style="text-align:left;">"<a href="/wiki/Skyscraper_(Sam_Bailey_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Skyscraper (Sam Bailey song)">Skyscraper</a>"<br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Sam_Bailey" title="Sam Bailey">Sam Bailey</a> – series 10 winner's single)</small> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">UK</a>: Silver<sup id="cite_ref-BPI_125-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BPI-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">Together for Short Lives,<br />Great Ormond Street Hospital </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Something_I_Need_(Ben_Haenow_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Something I Need (Ben Haenow song)">Something I Need</a>"<br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Ben_Haenow" title="Ben Haenow">Ben Haenow</a> – series 11 winner's single)</small> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">UK</a>: Platinum<sup id="cite_ref-BPI_125-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BPI-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;">Together for Short Lives </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Forever_Young_(Bob_Dylan_song)#Louisa_Johnson_version" title="Forever Young (Bob Dylan song)">Forever Young</a>"<br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Louisa_Johnson_(singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisa Johnson (singer)">Louisa Johnson</a> – series 12 winner's single)</small> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">9 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">5 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/When_Christmas_Comes_Around_(song)" title="When Christmas Comes Around (song)">When Christmas Comes Around</a>"<br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Matt_Terry" title="Matt Terry">Matt Terry</a> – series 13 winner's single)</small> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">28 </td> <td> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;">Together for Short Lives,<br /><a href="/wiki/Shooting_Star_Chase" class="mw-redirect" title="Shooting Star Chase">Shooting Star Chase</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Dimelo" title="Dimelo">Dimelo</a>"<br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Rak-Su" title="Rak-Su">Rak-Su</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Wyclef_Jean" title="Wyclef Jean">Wyclef Jean</a> and <a href="/wiki/Naughty_Boy" title="Naughty Boy">Naughty Boy</a> – series 14 winner's single)</small> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">29 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/The_Power_of_Love_(Frankie_Goes_to_Hollywood_song)#Dalton_Harris_version" title="The Power of Love (Frankie Goes to Hollywood song)">The Power of Love</a>"<br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Dalton_Harris" title="Dalton Harris">Dalton Harris</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/James_Arthur" title="James Arthur">James Arthur</a> – series 15 winner's single)</small> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">35 </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_X_Factor_–_The_Greatest_Hits"><span id="The_X_Factor_.E2.80.93_The_Greatest_Hits"></span><i>The X Factor – The Greatest Hits</i></h3></div> <p>In celebration of the show's 10th series, <i>The X Factor – The Greatest Hits</i> was released on 25 November 2013. The album features 34 songs from 21 of the show's contestants.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Greatest_Hits_128-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greatest_Hits-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236635009">.mw-parser-output .tracklist{border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr{background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr:nth-child(2n-1){background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist caption{text-align:left;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist td,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"]{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="col"]{text-align:left;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output 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class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:30%">Writer(s)</th><th scope="col" style="width:30%">Producer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Bleeding_Love" title="Bleeding Love">Bleeding Love</a> (Radio Edit)" (<a href="/wiki/Leona_Lewis" title="Leona Lewis">Leona Lewis</a>)</td><td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output 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li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_McCartney" title="Jesse McCartney">Jesse McCartney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Tedder" title="Ryan Tedder">Ryan Tedder</a></li></ul> </div></td><td>Ryan Tedder</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:58</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/What_Makes_You_Beautiful" title="What Makes You Beautiful">What Makes You Beautiful</a>" (<a href="/wiki/One_Direction" title="One Direction">One Direction</a>)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rami_Yacoub" title="Rami Yacoub">Rami Yacoub</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Falk" title="Carl Falk">Carl Falk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savan_Kotecha" title="Savan Kotecha">Savan Kotecha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Jacobs" title="Jim Jacobs">Jim Jacobs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Casey" title="Warren Casey">Warren Casey</a></li></ul> </div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Rami Yacoub</li> <li>Carl Falk</li></ul> </div></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:18</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Heart_Skips_a_Beat" title="Heart Skips a Beat">Heart Skips a Beat</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Olly_Murs" title="Olly Murs">Olly Murs</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Rizzle_Kicks" title="Rizzle Kicks">Rizzle Kicks</a>)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Alex Smith</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preston_(singer)" title="Preston (singer)">Samuel Preston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kish_Mauve" title="Kish Mauve">Jim Eliot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rizzle_Kicks" title="Rizzle Kicks">Jordan Stephens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rizzle_Kicks" title="Rizzle Kicks">Harley Alexander-Sule</a></li></ul> </div></td><td>Jim Eliot</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:22</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Beat_Again" title="Beat Again">Beat Again</a> (Radio Edit)" (<a href="/wiki/JLS" title="JLS">JLS</a>)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Hector" title="Wayne Hector">Wayne Hector</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Mac" title="Steve Mac">Steve Mac</a></li></ul> </div></td><td>Steve Mac</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:19</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Wings_(Little_Mix_song)" title="Wings (Little Mix song)">Wings</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Little_Mix" title="Little Mix">Little Mix</a>)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/TMS_(production_team)" title="TMS (production team)">Thomas Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TMS_(production_team)" title="TMS (production team)">Peter Kelleher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TMS_(production_team)" title="TMS (production team)">Ben Kohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iain_James" title="Iain James">Iain James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perrie_Edwards" title="Perrie Edwards">Perrie Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesy_Nelson" title="Jesy Nelson">Jesy Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leigh-Anne_Pinnock" title="Leigh-Anne Pinnock">Leigh-Anne Pinnock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jade_Thirlwall" title="Jade Thirlwall">Jade Thirlwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Writing_Camp" title="The Writing Camp">Erika Nuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Lewis" title="Michelle Lewis">Michelle Lewis</a></li> <li>Mischke Butler</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heidi_Rojas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Heidi Rojas (page does not exist)">Heidi Rojas</a></li></ul> </div></td><td><a href="/wiki/TMS_(production_team)" title="TMS (production team)">TMS</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:40</td></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Bad_Boys_(Alexandra_Burke_song)" title="Bad Boys (Alexandra Burke song)">Bad Boys</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Alexandra_Burke" title="Alexandra Burke">Alexandra Burke</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Flo_Rida" title="Flo Rida">Flo Rida</a>)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Melvin_K._Watson_Jr" class="mw-redirect" title="Melvin K. Watson Jr">Melvin K. Watson Jr</a></li> <li>Larry Summerville Jr</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Busbee_(songwriter)" class="mw-redirect" title="Busbee (songwriter)">busbee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauren_Evans" title="Lauren Evans">Lauren Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_James_(songwriter)" title="Alex James (songwriter)">Alex James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tramar_Dillard" class="mw-redirect" title="Tramar Dillard">Tramar Dillard</a></li></ul> </div></td><td><a href="/wiki/The_Phantom_Boyz" title="The Phantom Boyz">The Phantom Boyz</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:26</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Impossible_(James_Arthur_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Impossible (James Arthur song)">Impossible</a>" (<a href="/wiki/James_Arthur_(singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Arthur (singer)">James Arthur</a>)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arnthor_Birgisson" title="Arnthor Birgisson">Arnthor Birgisson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ina_Wroldsen" title="Ina Wroldsen">Ina Wroldsen</a></li></ul> </div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Graham Stack</li> <li>Matt Furmidge</li></ul> </div></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:29</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Nothing%27s_Real_but_Love" title="Nothing's Real but Love">Nothing's Real but Love</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Ferguson_(singer)" title="Rebecca Ferguson (singer)">Rebecca Ferguson</a>)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Rebecca Ferguson</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eg_White" title="Eg White">Eg White</a></li></ul> </div></td><td>Eg White</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:56</td></tr><tr><th id="track9" scope="row">9.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/The_Climb_(Joe_McElderry_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Climb (Joe McElderry song)">The Climb</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Joe_McElderry" title="Joe McElderry">Joe McElderry</a>)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jessi_Alexander" title="Jessi Alexander">Jessi Alexander</a></li> <li>Jon Mabe</li></ul> </div></td><td><a href="/wiki/Quiz_%26_Larossi" title="Quiz & Larossi">Quiz & Larossi</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:36</td></tr><tr><th id="track10" scope="row">10.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Many_of_Horror_(Matt_Cardle_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Many of Horror (Matt Cardle song)">When We Collide</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Matt_Cardle" title="Matt Cardle">Matt Cardle</a>)</td><td>Simon Neil</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biffco" title="Biffco">Richard "Biff" Stannard</a></li> <li>Ash Howes</li></ul> </div></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:43</td></tr><tr><th id="track11" scope="row">11.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Once_(Diana_Vickers_song)" title="Once (Diana Vickers song)">Once</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Diana_Vickers" title="Diana Vickers">Diana Vickers</a>)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Dennis" title="Cathy Dennis">Cathy Dennis</a></li> <li>Eg White</li></ul> </div></td><td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Spencer" title="Mike Spencer">Mike Spencer</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:05</td></tr><tr><th id="track12" scope="row">12.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/You_Bring_Me_Joy_(Amelia_Lily_song)" title="You Bring Me Joy (Amelia Lily song)">You Bring Me Joy</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Amelia_Lily" title="Amelia Lily">Amelia Lily</a>)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Annie Yuill</li> <li>Brian Higgins</li> <li>Carla Marie Williams</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Falke" title="Fred Falke">Fred Falke</a></li> <li>Luke Fitton</li> <li>Matt Gray</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miranda_Cooper" title="Miranda Cooper">Miranda Cooper</a></li> <li>Owen Parker</li> <li>Toby Scott</li></ul> </div></td><td><a href="/wiki/Xenomania" title="Xenomania">Xenomania</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:51</td></tr><tr><th id="track13" scope="row">13.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/No_Promises_(Bryan_Rice_song)#Shayne_Ward_version" title="No Promises (Bryan Rice song)">No Promises</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Shayne_Ward" title="Shayne Ward">Shayne Ward</a>)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Jonas Schrøder</li> <li>Lucas Sieber</li></ul> </div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cutfather" title="Cutfather">Cutfather</a></li> <li>Jonas Schrøder</li> <li>Lucas Sieber</li></ul> </div></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:44</td></tr><tr><th id="track14" scope="row">14.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Carry_You_(Union_J_song)" title="Carry You (Union J song)">Carry You</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Union_J" title="Union J">Union J</a>)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Steve Mac</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude_Kelly" title="Claude Kelly">Claude Kelly</a></li></ul> </div></td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">3:06</td></tr><tr><th id="track15" scope="row">15.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Do_You_Think_of_Me" class="mw-redirect" title="Do You Think of Me">Do You Think of Me</a> (Radio Edit)" (<a href="/wiki/Misha_B" title="Misha B">Misha B</a>)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Misha B</li> <li>Ben Kohn</li> <li>Tom Barnes</li> <li>Pete Kelleher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayak_Thiik" title="Ayak Thiik">Ayak Thiik</a></li></ul> </div></td><td>TMS</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:50</td></tr><tr><th id="track16" scope="row">16.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Last_Night_(Lucy_Spraggan_song)" title="Last Night (Lucy Spraggan song)">Last Night (Beer Fear)</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Lucy_Spraggan" title="Lucy Spraggan">Lucy Spraggan</a>)</td><td>Lucy Spraggan</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>James Falnnigan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preston_(singer)" title="Preston (singer)">Samuel Preston</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="tracklist-length">2:13</td></tr><tr><th id="track17" scope="row">17.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Swagger_Jagger" title="Swagger Jagger">Swagger Jagger</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Cher_Lloyd" title="Cher Lloyd">Cher Lloyd</a>)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Cher Lloyd</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autumn_Rowe" title="Autumn Rowe">Autumn Rowe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Runners_(production_duo)" title="The Runners (production duo)">Jermaine Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Runners_(production_duo)" title="The Runners (production duo)">Andrew Harr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Monarch_(producer)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Monarch (producer)">Andre Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Monarch_(producer)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Monarch (producer)">Sean Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Monsters_%26_Strangerz" title="The Monsters & Strangerz">Marcus Lomax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Monsters_%26_Strangerz" title="The Monsters & Strangerz">Clarence Coffee Jr.</a></li></ul> </div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Runners_(production_duo)" title="The Runners (production duo)">The Runners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Monarch_(producer)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Monarch (producer)">The Monarch</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:12</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Disc 2</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:30%">Writer(s)</th><th scope="col" style="width:30%">Producer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Troublemaker_(Olly_Murs_song)" title="Troublemaker (Olly Murs song)">Troublemaker</a>" (Olly Murs featuring Flo Rida)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Olly Murs</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Robson" title="Steve Robson">Steve Robson</a></li> <li>Claude Kelly</li> <li>Tramar Dillard</li></ul> </div></td><td>Steve Robson</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:03</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Everybody_in_Love" title="Everybody in Love">Everybody in Love</a>" (JLS)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/J.R._Rotem" class="mw-redirect" title="J.R. Rotem">Jonathan Rotem</a></li> <li>Wayne Hector</li> <li>Felicia Jensen</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_D.A._Doman" class="mw-redirect" title="David D.A. Doman">David D.A. Doman</a></li></ul> </div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>J.R. Rotem</li></ul> </div></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:16</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Little_Things_(One_Direction_song)" title="Little Things (One Direction song)">Little Things</a>" (One Direction)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fiona_Bevan" title="Fiona Bevan">Fiona Bevan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Sheeran" title="Ed Sheeran">Ed Sheeran</a></li></ul> </div></td><td><a href="/wiki/Jake_Gosling" title="Jake Gosling">Jake Gosling</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:39</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Run_(Leona_Lewis_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Run (Leona Lewis song)">Run</a> (Single Mix)" (Leona Lewis)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Lightbody" title="Gary Lightbody">Gary Lightbody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Quinn" title="Jonathan Quinn">Jonathan Quinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_McClelland" title="Mark McClelland">Mark McClelland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Connolly" title="Nathan Connolly">Nathan Connolly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iain_Archer" title="Iain Archer">Iain Archer</a></li></ul> </div></td><td>Steve Robson</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:39</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Cannonball_(Little_Mix_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cannonball (Little Mix song)">Cannonball</a>" (Little Mix)</td><td><a href="/wiki/Damien_Rice" title="Damien Rice">Damien Rice</a></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Richard "Biff" Stannard</li> <li>Ash Howes</li> <li>Steve Mac</li></ul> </div></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:25</td></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Hallelujah_(Alexandra_Burke_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hallelujah (Alexandra Burke song)">Hallelujah</a>" (Alexandra Burke)</td><td><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Cohen" title="Leonard Cohen">Leonard Cohen</a></td><td>Quiz & Larossi</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:39</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/You%27re_Nobody_%27til_Somebody_Loves_You" title="You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You">You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You</a>" (James Arthur)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>James Arthur</li> <li>Tom Barnes</li> <li>Pete Kelleher</li> <li>Ben Kohn</li></ul> </div></td><td>TMS</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:20</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/That%27s_My_Goal" title="That's My Goal">That's My Goal</a>" (Shayne Ward)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B6rgen_Elofsson" title="Jörgen Elofsson">Jörgen Elofsson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jem_Godfrey" title="Jem Godfrey">Jem Godfrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Padley" title="Bill Padley">Bill Padley</a></li></ul> </div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Per_Magnusson" title="Per Magnusson">Per Magnusson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Kreuger" title="David Kreuger">David Kreuger</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:40</td></tr><tr><th id="track9" scope="row">9.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/With_Ur_Love" title="With Ur Love">With Ur Love</a>" (Cher Lloyd featuring <a href="/wiki/Mike_Posner" title="Mike Posner">Mike Posner</a>)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shellback_(producer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shellback (producer)">Shellback</a></li> <li>Savan Kotecha</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Martin" title="Max Martin">Max Martin</a></li> <li>Mike Posner</li></ul> </div></td><td>Shellback</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:46</td></tr><tr><th id="track10" scope="row">10.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Backtrack_(song)" title="Backtrack (song)">Backtrack</a>" (Rebecca Ferguson)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Rebecca Ferguson</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonny_Lattimer" title="Jonny Lattimer">Jonny Lattimer</a></li></ul> </div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Jonny Lattimer</li> <li>Tim Baxter</li></ul> </div></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:07</td></tr><tr><th id="track11" scope="row">11.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Seven_Nation_Army_(Marcus_Collins_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Seven Nation Army (Marcus Collins song)">Seven Nation Army</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Marcus_Collins_(singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Marcus Collins (singer)">Marcus Collins</a>)</td><td><a href="/wiki/Jack_White_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack White (musician)">Jack White</a></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Matt Furmidge</li> <li>Alex Smith</li> <li>Brian Rawling</li></ul> </div></td><td class="tracklist-length">2:56</td></tr><tr><th id="track12" scope="row">12.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Run_for_Your_Life_(Matt_Cardle_song)" title="Run for Your Life (Matt Cardle song)">Run for Your Life</a>" (Matt Cardle)</td><td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Barlow" title="Gary Barlow">Gary Barlow</a></td><td>Gary Barlow</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:08</td></tr><tr><th id="track13" scope="row">13.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Home_Run_(song)" title="Home Run (song)">Home Run</a>" (Misha B)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Misha B</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MNEK" title="MNEK">MNEK</a></li></ul> </div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Misha B</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MNEK" title="MNEK">MNEK</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:20</td></tr><tr><th id="track14" scope="row">14.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Lighthouse_(Lucy_Spraggan_song)" title="Lighthouse (Lucy Spraggan song)">Lighthouse</a>" (Lucy Spraggan)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Lucy Spraggan</li> <li>Samuel Preston</li> <li>James Flannigan</li></ul> </div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Samuel Preston</li> <li>James Flannigan</li></ul> </div></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:21</td></tr><tr><th id="track15" scope="row">15.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Is_This_Love_(Aiden_Grimshaw_song)" title="Is This Love (Aiden Grimshaw song)">Is This Love</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Aiden_Grimshaw" class="mw-redirect" title="Aiden Grimshaw">Aiden Grimshaw</a>)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Aiden Grimshaw</li> <li>Jarrad Rogers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Pott" title="Joel Pott">Joel Pott</a></li></ul> </div></td><td>Jarrad Rogers</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:25</td></tr><tr><th id="track16" scope="row">16.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Ambitions_(song)#Joe_McElderry_version" title="Ambitions (song)">Ambitions</a>" (Joe McElderry)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Cato Sundberg</li> <li>Kent Sundberg</li> <li>Simen M Eriksrud</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simone_Larsen" class="mw-redirect" title="Simone Larsen">Simone Larsen</a></li></ul> </div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Hedges" title="Ray Hedges">Ray Hedges</a></li> <li>Nigel Butler</li></ul> </div></td><td class="tracklist-length">2:57</td></tr><tr><th id="track17" scope="row">17.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Titanium_(song)#Jahméne_Douglas_version" title="Titanium (song)">Titanium</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Jahm%C3%A9ne_Douglas" class="mw-redirect" title="Jahméne Douglas">Jahméne Douglas</a>)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sia" title="Sia">Sia Furler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Guetta" title="David Guetta">David Guetta</a></li> <li>Giorgio Tuinfort</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afrojack" title="Afrojack">Nick van de Wall</a></li></ul> </div></td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">3:52</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_X_Factor_Songbook"><i>The X Factor Songbook</i></h3></div> <p><i>The X Factor Songbook</i> is a 60-song compilation album released 24 November 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Disc 1</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Artist(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Make_You_Feel_My_Love" title="Make You Feel My Love">Make You Feel My Love</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Adele" title="Adele">Adele</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:32</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Listen_(Beyonc%C3%A9_song)" title="Listen (Beyoncé song)">Listen</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:39</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Stay_with_Me_(Sam_Smith_song)" title="Stay with Me (Sam Smith song)">Stay with Me</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Sam_Smith_(singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sam Smith (singer)">Sam Smith</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">2:52</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/All_of_Me_(John_Legend_song)" title="All of Me (John Legend song)">All of Me</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/John_Legend" title="John Legend">John Legend</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">2:59</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Ghost_(Ella_Henderson_song)" title="Ghost (Ella Henderson song)">Ghost</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Ella_Henderson" title="Ella Henderson">Ella Henderson</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:33</td></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/The_A_Team_(Ed_Sheeran_song)" title="The A Team (Ed Sheeran song)">The A Team</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Ed_Sheeran" title="Ed Sheeran">Ed Sheeran</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:18</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Story_of_My_Life_(One_Direction_song)" title="Story of My Life (One Direction song)">Story of My Life</a>" (Radio Edit)</td><td><a href="/wiki/One_Direction" title="One Direction">One Direction</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:38</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/The_One_That_Got_Away_(Katy_Perry_song)" title="The One That Got Away (Katy Perry song)">The One That Got Away</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Katy_Perry" title="Katy Perry">Katy Perry</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:46</td></tr><tr><th id="track9" scope="row">9.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Fight_for_This_Love" title="Fight for This Love">Fight for This Love</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Cheryl_Cole" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheryl Cole">Cheryl Cole</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:42</td></tr><tr><th id="track10" scope="row">10.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Just_Give_Me_a_Reason" title="Just Give Me a Reason">Just Give Me a Reason</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Pink_(singer)" title="Pink (singer)">Pink</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Nate_Ruess" title="Nate Ruess">Nate Ruess</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:02</td></tr><tr><th id="track11" scope="row">11.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/I_Will_Never_Let_You_Down" title="I Will Never Let You Down">I Will Never Let You Down</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Rita_Ora" title="Rita Ora">Rita Ora</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:23</td></tr><tr><th id="track12" scope="row">12.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/All_About_That_Bass" title="All About That Bass">All About That Bass</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Meghan_Trainor" title="Meghan Trainor">Meghan Trainor</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:07</td></tr><tr><th id="track13" scope="row">13.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Only_Love_Can_Hurt_Like_This" title="Only Love Can Hurt Like This">Only Love Can Hurt Like This</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Paloma_Faith" title="Paloma Faith">Paloma Faith</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:52</td></tr><tr><th id="track14" scope="row">14.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Beneath_Your_Beautiful" title="Beneath Your Beautiful">Beneath Your Beautiful</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Labrinth" title="Labrinth">Labrinth</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Emeli_Sand%C3%A9" title="Emeli Sandé">Emeli Sandé</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:56</td></tr><tr><th id="track15" scope="row">15.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Fallin%27_(Alicia_Keys_song)" title="Fallin' (Alicia Keys song)">Fallin'</a>" (Radio Edit)</td><td><a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys" title="Alicia Keys">Alicia Keys</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:15</td></tr><tr><th id="track16" scope="row">16.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Say_Something_(A_Great_Big_World_song)" title="Say Something (A Great Big World song)">Say Something</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/A_Great_Big_World" title="A Great Big World">A Great Big World</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:49</td></tr><tr><th id="track17" scope="row">17.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Change_Your_Life_(Little_Mix_song)" title="Change Your Life (Little Mix song)">Change Your Life</a>" (Single Mix)</td><td><a href="/wiki/Little_Mix" title="Little Mix">Little Mix</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:21</td></tr><tr><th id="track18" scope="row">18.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/My_Heart_Will_Go_On" title="My Heart Will Go On">My Heart Will Go On</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Celine_Dion" title="Celine Dion">Celine Dion</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">5:08</td></tr><tr><th id="track19" scope="row">19.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/I_Didn%27t_Know_My_Own_Strength_(Whitney_Houston_song)" title="I Didn't Know My Own Strength (Whitney Houston song)">I Didn't Know My Own Strength</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Whitney_Houston" title="Whitney Houston">Whitney Houston</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:39</td></tr><tr><th id="track20" scope="row">20.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Run_(Leona_Lewis_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Run (Leona Lewis song)">Run</a>" (Single Mix)</td><td><a href="/wiki/Leona_Lewis" title="Leona Lewis">Leona Lewis</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:40</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Disc 2</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Artist(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Home_(Michael_Bubl%C3%A9_song)" title="Home (Michael Bublé song)">Home</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9" title="Michael Bublé">Michael Bublé</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:46</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Angels_(Robbie_Williams_song)" title="Angels (Robbie Williams song)">Angels</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Williams" title="Robbie Williams">Robbie Williams</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:20</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Dance_with_Me_Tonight" title="Dance with Me Tonight">Dance with Me Tonight</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Olly_Murs" title="Olly Murs">Olly Murs</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:22</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Locked_Out_of_Heaven" title="Locked Out of Heaven">Locked Out of Heaven</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Bruno_Mars" title="Bruno Mars">Bruno Mars</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:52</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Hall_of_Fame_(song)" title="Hall of Fame (song)">Hall of Fame</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/The_Script" title="The Script">The Script</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Will.i.am" title="Will.i.am">will.i.am</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:21</td></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Moves_Like_Jagger" class="mw-redirect" title="Moves Like Jagger">Moves Like Jagger</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Maroon_5" title="Maroon 5">Maroon 5</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Christina_Aguilera" title="Christina Aguilera">Christina Aguilera</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:21</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/She_Makes_Me_Wanna" title="She Makes Me Wanna">She Makes Me Wanna</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/JLS" title="JLS">JLS</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Dev_(singer)" title="Dev (singer)">Dev</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:39</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/I_Want_You_Back_(Mel_B_song)" title="I Want You Back (Mel B song)">I Want You Back</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Melanie_B" class="mw-redirect" title="Melanie B">Melanie B</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Missy_Elliott" title="Missy Elliott">Missy Elliott</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:26</td></tr><tr><th id="track9" scope="row">9.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Bad_Boys_(Alexandra_Burke_song)" title="Bad Boys (Alexandra Burke song)">Bad Boys</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Alexandra_Burke" title="Alexandra Burke">Alexandra Burke</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Flo_Rida" title="Flo Rida">Flo Rida</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:26</td></tr><tr><th id="track10" scope="row">10.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/A_Moment_Like_This" title="A Moment Like This">A Moment Like This</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Clarkson" title="Kelly Clarkson">Kelly Clarkson</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:46</td></tr><tr><th id="track11" scope="row">11.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Your_Song_(Ellie_Goulding_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Your Song (Ellie Goulding song)">Your Song</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Ellie_Goulding" title="Ellie Goulding">Ellie Goulding</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:08</td></tr><tr><th id="track12" scope="row">12.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Nothing%27s_Real_but_Love" title="Nothing's Real but Love">Nothing's Real but Love</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Ferguson_(singer)" title="Rebecca Ferguson (singer)">Rebecca Ferguson</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">2:51</td></tr><tr><th id="track13" scope="row">13.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Skyscraper_(song)" title="Skyscraper (song)">Skyscraper</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Demi_Lovato" title="Demi Lovato">Demi Lovato</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:39</td></tr><tr><th id="track14" scope="row">14.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Angel_(Sarah_McLachlan_song)" title="Angel (Sarah McLachlan song)">Angel</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Sarah_McLachlan" title="Sarah McLachlan">Sarah McLachlan</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:00</td></tr><tr><th id="track15" scope="row">15.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Un-Break_My_Heart" title="Un-Break My Heart">Un-Break My Heart</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Toni_Braxton" title="Toni Braxton">Toni Braxton</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:05</td></tr><tr><th id="track16" scope="row">16.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/A_Thousand_Years_(Christina_Perri_song)" title="A Thousand Years (Christina Perri song)">A Thousand Years</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Christina_Perri" title="Christina Perri">Christina Perri</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:58</td></tr><tr><th id="track17" scope="row">17.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Impossible_(Shontelle_song)" title="Impossible (Shontelle song)">Impossible</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Shontelle" title="Shontelle">Shontelle</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:46</td></tr><tr><th id="track18" scope="row">18.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Valerie_(The_Zutons_song)#Mark_Ronson_version" class="mw-redirect" title="Valerie (The Zutons song)">Valerie</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Ronson" title="Mark Ronson">Mark Ronson</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Amy_Winehouse" title="Amy Winehouse">Amy Winehouse</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:36</td></tr><tr><th id="track19" scope="row">19.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Hey,_Soul_Sister" title="Hey, Soul Sister">Hey, Soul Sister</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Train_(band)" title="Train (band)">Train</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:36</td></tr><tr><th id="track20" scope="row">20.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Rude_(song)" title="Rude (song)">Rude</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Magic!" title="Magic!">Magic!</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:45</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Disc 3</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Artist(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Back_for_Good_(song)" title="Back for Good (song)">Back for Good</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Take_That" title="Take That">Take That</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:02</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Read_All_About_It,_Pt._III" title="Read All About It, Pt. III">Read All About It, Pt. III</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Emeli_Sand%C3%A9" title="Emeli Sandé">Emeli Sandé</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:43</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Back_to_Black_(song)" title="Back to Black (song)">Back to Black</a>" (Radio Edit)</td><td><a href="/wiki/Amy_Winehouse" title="Amy Winehouse">Amy Winehouse</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:12</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Leave_Right_Now" title="Leave Right Now">Leave Right Now</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Will_Young" title="Will Young">Will Young</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:30</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Beautiful_(Christina_Aguilera_song)" title="Beautiful (Christina Aguilera song)">Beautiful</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Christina_Aguilera" title="Christina Aguilera">Christina Aguilera</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:59</td></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/The_Climb_(Miley_Cyrus_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Climb (Miley Cyrus song)">The Climb</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Miley_Cyrus" title="Miley Cyrus">Miley Cyrus</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:51</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/I_Believe_I_Can_Fly" title="I Believe I Can Fly">I Believe I Can Fly</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/R._Kelly" title="R. Kelly">R. Kelly</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:15</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/I_Can%27t_Make_You_Love_Me" title="I Can't Make You Love Me">I Can't Make You Love Me</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/George_Michael" title="George Michael">George Michael</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">5:20</td></tr><tr><th id="track9" scope="row">9.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Dance_with_My_Father_(song)" title="Dance with My Father (song)">Dance with My Father</a>" (Radio Version)</td><td><a href="/wiki/Luther_Vandross" title="Luther Vandross">Luther Vandross</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:25</td></tr><tr><th id="track10" scope="row">10.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Flying_Without_Wings" title="Flying Without Wings">Flying Without Wings</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Westlife" title="Westlife">Westlife</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:34</td></tr><tr><th id="track11" scope="row">11.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/All_by_Myself" title="All by Myself">All by Myself</a>" (Remastered)</td><td><a href="/wiki/Eric_Carmen" title="Eric Carmen">Eric Carmen</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:31</td></tr><tr><th id="track12" scope="row">12.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Eternal_Flame_(song)" title="Eternal Flame (song)">Eternal Flame</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/The_Bangles" title="The Bangles">The Bangles</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:55</td></tr><tr><th id="track13" scope="row">13.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Whenever,_Wherever" title="Whenever, Wherever">Whenever, Wherever</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Shakira" title="Shakira">Shakira</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:16</td></tr><tr><th id="track14" scope="row">14.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Torn_(Natalie_Imbruglia_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Torn (Natalie Imbruglia song)">Torn</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Natalie_Imbruglia" title="Natalie Imbruglia">Natalie Imbruglia</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:04</td></tr><tr><th id="track15" scope="row">15.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/How_You_Remind_Me" title="How You Remind Me">How You Remind Me</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Nickelback" title="Nickelback">Nickelback</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:41</td></tr><tr><th id="track16" scope="row">16.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Stop_Believin%27" title="Don't Stop Believin'">Don't Stop Believin'</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Journey_(band)" title="Journey (band)">Journey</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:10</td></tr><tr><th id="track17" scope="row">17.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Wherever_You_Will_Go" title="Wherever You Will Go">Wherever You Will Go</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/The_Calling_(band)" title="The Calling (band)">The Calling</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:27</td></tr><tr><th id="track18" scope="row">18.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/How_to_Save_a_Life" title="How to Save a Life">How to Save a Life</a>" (Single Mix)</td><td><a href="/wiki/The_Fray" title="The Fray">The Fray</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:59</td></tr><tr><th id="track19" scope="row">19.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Many_of_Horror" title="Many of Horror">Many of Horror</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Biffy_Clyro" title="Biffy Clyro">Biffy Clyro</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:17</td></tr><tr><th id="track20" scope="row">20.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Hallelujah_(Leonard_Cohen_song)#Jeff_Buckley" title="Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)">Hallelujah</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Buckley" title="Jeff Buckley">Jeff Buckley</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:17</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Merchandise">Merchandise</h2></div> <dl><dt>DVDs</dt></dl> <ul><li>Series 1: <i>The X Factor Revealed: The Greatest Auditions Ever</i> (2005)</li> <li>Series 2: <i>The X Factor: The Greatest Auditions Ever</i> (2006)</li> <li>Series 3: <i>The X Factor Revealed</i> (2007)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Games</dt></dl> <ul><li>Series 4: <i>The X Factor</i> – interactive DVD game (2007)</li> <li>Series 4: <i>The X Factor Sing</i> – karaoke console game (2007)</li> <li>Series 5: <i>The X Factor: The Board Game</i> (2009)</li> <li>Series 5: <i>Top Trumps X Factor</i> – card game (2008)</li> <li>Series 7: <i>The X Factor</i> – karaoke console game (2010)<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>Books</dt></dl> <ul><li>Series 1–3: <i>The X Factor: Access All Areas</i> (2007)</li> <li>Series 6: <i>The X Factor Annual</i> (2009)<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Series 7: <i>The X Factor Annual</i> (2010)</li> <li>Series 7: <i>The Xtra Factor Annual</i> (2010)<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Series 8: <i>The X Factor Annual</i> (2011)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Magazines</dt></dl> <ul><li><i>X Magazine</i> – weekly publication to accompany the seventh series in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>Other</dt></dl> <p><i>The X Factor</i> brand has also appeared on clothing, jewellery,<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> perfume, make-up, toiletries,<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> bedding, gifts, confectionery,<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> soft drinks<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and pizzas.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cancellation">Cancellation</h2></div> <p>While <i>The X Factor</i> had attracted a large degree of mass appeal from among the British public, become a synonymous part of Saturday night television,<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after its peak in 2010, viewing figures declined by more than 50% over the next decade, with its final series aired in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_141-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the programme was put into hiatus by Cowell in 2019, to give the format a break and determine how best to proceed with it, this hiatus continued on throughout 2020, until ITV formally announced in July 2021 that it had 'no current plans' for another series. 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href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_2" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 2">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_3" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 3">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_4" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 4">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_5" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_6" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_7" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 7">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_8" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 8">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_9" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 9">9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_10" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 10">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_11" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 11">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_12" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 12">12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_13" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 13">13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_14" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 14">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_X_Factor_(British_TV_series)_series_15" title="The X Factor (British TV series) series 15">15</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Special</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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title="Olly Murs">Olly Murs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stacey_Solomon" title="Stacey Solomon">Stacey Solomon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jedward" title="Jedward">Jedward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucie_Jones" title="Lucie Jones">Lucie Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Adedeji" title="Rachel Adedeji">Rachel Adedeji</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Series 7</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Ferguson_(singer)" title="Rebecca Ferguson (singer)">Rebecca Ferguson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_Direction" title="One Direction">One Direction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cher_Lloyd" title="Cher Lloyd">Cher Lloyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Byrne_(singer)" title="Mary Byrne (singer)">Mary Byrne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katie_Waissel" title="Katie Waissel">Katie Waissel</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Against_All_Odds_(Take_a_Look_at_Me_Now)#Steve_Brookstein_version" title="Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)">Against All Odds</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/That%27s_My_Goal" title="That's My Goal">That's My Goal</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Moment_Like_This#Leona_Lewis_version" title="A Moment Like This">A Moment Like This</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/When_You_Believe#Leon_Jackson_version" title="When You Believe">When You Believe</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hallelujah_(Leonard_Cohen_song)#Alexandra_Burke" title="Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)">Hallelujah</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Climb_(song)#Joe_McElderry_version" title="The Climb (song)">The Climb</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Many_of_Horror#Matt_Cardle_version" title="Many of Horror">When We Collide</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cannonball_(Damien_Rice_song)#Little_Mix_version" title="Cannonball (Damien Rice song)">Cannonball</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Impossible_(Shontelle_song)#James_Arthur_version" title="Impossible (Shontelle song)">Impossible</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Skyscraper_(song)#Sam_Bailey_version" title="Skyscraper (song)">Skyscraper</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Something_I_Need#Ben_Haenow_version" title="Something I Need">Something I Need</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Forever_Young_(Bob_Dylan_song)#Louisa_Johnson_version" title="Forever Young (Bob Dylan song)">Forever Young</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/When_Christmas_Comes_Around_(song)" title="When Christmas Comes Around (song)">When Christmas Comes Around</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dimelo" title="Dimelo">Dimelo</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Power_of_Love_(Frankie_Goes_to_Hollywood_song)#Dalton_Harris_version" title="The Power of Love (Frankie Goes to Hollywood song)">The Power of Love</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Charity singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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