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Cheryl says X Factor reboot would need gender neutral option

Cheryl, 39, described the ITV singing competition as 'Simon's baby' as she admits it would need 'completely reformatted' before airing again.

Daily Record

‘We’ve always been very divisive’: Måneskin on fighting fascists and breakfast with Chris Martin

First The X Factor, then victory at Eurovision, now a Grammy nod: the Italian glam rockers have taken the road less ordinary on their way to worldwide fame. So long as they can be themselves, they wouldn’t have it any other way

The Guardian - UK

‘I had people stalking me – it was unbearable’: Cheryl on her ‘perfect storm’ of fame, Sarah Harding, and her West End debut

As she prepares to take on ‘2:22 A Ghost Story’, the pop star and ‘X Factor’ judge talks to Nick Levine about loss, music and Simon Cowell

The Independent UK

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Frankie Cocozza is unrecognisable 12 years after X Factor fame on his 30th birthday

X-Factor star Frankie Cocozza looks completely different in throwback pics as his showbiz friends, including TOWIE's Kirk Norcross, celebrate the singer's 30th birthday

Daily Mirror

Katie Waissel says PTSD therapy helped her to perform again for the first time in a decade

The former X Factor singer, 36, said she wouldn't have found the 'strength or courage' to perform without the help of therapy

Daily Mirror

ITV boss says The X Factor 'has not gone away' as return is teased amid reboot success

The X Factor has catapulted countless singing sensations to main stream music star status — and it could be coming back as show boss teases its return

Daily Mirror

‘It was a bit of a machine’: Simon Cowell reveals how he wants to improve The X Factor

‘You put a record out that year, and then you move on. That’s not the way to do it,’ music mogul reasoned

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X Factor's Luke Friend unrecognisable after shaving off long hair and rocking facial hair

X Factor's Luke Friend ditches dreadlocks and appears unrecognisable from 2013 when he wowed audiences with a duet with Ellie Goulding before finishing third in the competition

Daily Mirror

Olly Murs looks back: ‘Our house was like Witham’s Got Talent, without the talent’

The singer and presenter on staying true to his Essex roots, X Factor fame and losing his friend Caroline Flack

The Guardian - UK

X Factor star Cher Lloyd unrecognisable in glam transformation 12 years after ITV fame

Cher Lloyd's fans have been begging for the songstress to return back to the music scene as the X Factor star shared her latest glamorous snap

Daily Mirror

Where the Popstars The Rivals acts are now - Girls Aloud, One True Voice, Javine and more

It's been two decades since the TV singing competition entertained the nation

Manchester Evening News

How Emily Wilson turned her teenage X Factor humiliation into comedy gold

A brutal take-down on the TV talent show led Emily Wilson into therapy. A decade later, she has turned her grim experience into award-winning standup

The Guardian - UK

Simon Cowell appeals to Britney Spears to rejoin X Factor as a judge

Simon Cowell has publicly asked singer Britney Spears to rejoin The X Factor as a judge in new revival

Daily Mirror

Olly Murs hints at future X Factor role and starting family with girlfriend Amelia Tank

Singer Olly Murs has hinted he would be open to presenting The X Factor when it returns to screens in 2024, but he might be busy having a family with fiancée Amelia Tank

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Daily Mirror

Rylan Clark fans gobsmacked over resurfaced pictures of star's real hair

Strictly It Takes Two host Rylan Clark is famed for his raven hair, and fans were astonished to learn that it's not his natural look

Daily Mirror

Simon Cowell's sex confessions - threesomes, harem of women and dating pregnant A-lister

From British beauties Katie Price and Mel B to international stars like Danni Minogue, Denise Richards and Carmen Electra, X Factor creator Simon Cowell was linked to a whole host of famous faces before settling down - with some rumours proving to be true

Daily Record

X Factor vocal coach Yvie Burnett hoping to find shy Scot to become next superstar like Susan Boyle

The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent vocal coach is fronting a new search for a global singer from Scotland… and she can’t wait

Daily Mirror

X Factor star Myles Stephenson sparks concern as he shares update from hospital

Former X Factor star Myles Stephenson shares health updated after hospital tests detect a previously undiagnosed heart condition which can cause 'dangerously high blood pressure' which is higher during exercise

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Daily Mirror

Strictly star Fleur East's marriage and baby plans sparked by life-changing loss

Strictly Come Dancing and X Factor star Fleur East lost her dad in 2020, and his death has made her want to start a family with her husband Marcel Badiane-Robin

Wales Online

Rylan Clark opens up about marriage split and how he tried to 'end it' after losing 'everything'

Strictly's Rylan has been speaking about his difficult 2021 in a new book about his past 10 years since shooting to fame on The X Factor

Irish Mirror

Irish X Factor star Eoghan Quigg unrecognisable 14 years on from stint on talent show

The Northern Irish singer has shed his baby-faced looks and is now a proud father

Daily Mirror

Emotional Olly Murs pays tribute to Caroline Flack with Sweet Caroline cover on The Voice

Olly Murs was close friends with presenter Caroline Flack, who tragically took her own life at the age of 40 in February 2020, and he was visibly emotionally after his impromptu performance

Edinburgh Live

X Factor's Simon Cowell locked in £1 million bullying lawsuit as six contestants sue

Syco, a multi-million pound company owned by former X Factor judge Simon Cowell, will now be facing a tough legal battle after six contestants plan to sue the company.

Daily Mirror

X Factor star rubbishes claims of bullying on the show as 6 contestants 'ready to sue'

X Factor legend Chico has spoken out to defend the now defunct ITV talent show after reports six former contestants have approached a law firm to sue Simon Cowell's SyCo - claiming they were 'bullied' and 'mistreated' on the programme

Chronicle Live

X-Factor stars to take ITV show to court over £1million 'bullying' and 'trauma' claim

Six 'traumatised' acts from the ITV series have made allegations, which means that Simon Cowell's company SyCo will face new legal claims

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