The X Factor auditions

Fehrina, 18, Stoke on Trent didn't even make it past the producers with her version of Alicia Keys' If I Ain't Got You. "See you next year" she said. Photograph: Talkback Thames

Fearne, Sharon and Louis share a joke in the Green Room while filming for the ITV2 programme. Photograph: Talkback Thames

Albert, who works in telecommunications for Birmingham M&S, said he had a jolly time. For "telecommunications" read switchboard operator. Photograph: Talkback Thames

Albert, 35, danced a jig and sang Cliff Richard's Summer Holliday. He failed to impress the judges - any of them. Photograph: Talkback Thames

Kimberley, 19, lives above her parents' pub. Much to her delight, she got through. Did it have anything to do with her calling Simon Cowell her boyfriend? Photograph: Talkback Thames

The X Factor auditions 2007 Photograph: Talkback Thames

Contestants await their fate in the holding room. Photograph: Talkback Thames