X Factor UK 2013 (Main Thread - SPOILER FREE!)

JP Liz V1

So Tulisa is out and Robbie is in that the latest gossip going round

Go Harvey Go

This year's series may still be several months away - but, clearly, the British tabloids want us all to start thinking about it now... :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

They obviously weren't tremendously happy when last year's series was thrashed by Strictly, and when the general response to James Arthur's win was "meh".

And they're obviously aware that this year's series could turn out to be the last.

(No, really, it could - the show's contract with ITV expires immediately afterwards, and if this contract is not renewed, then where could the show possibly go? The BBC showing interest is about as likely as a rocking horse doing a poo, as are ten million viewers every Saturday night for four months on Channel 4 or Channel 5.)

That's why they're already starting to pull out all the stops to ensure that the show remains on ITV for some years yet.

I hope they fail miserably, the b*****ds. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

(And none of that is aimed at you in any way, Liz, or at anyone else who does still like the show. )

JP Liz V1

Lulu and Gary back with Nicole and Sharon O is the latest judge rumours

hdowney

I just read today that Simon is coming back

JP Liz V1

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/310458/Tulisa-in-new-X-Factor-deal-after-Nicole-Scherzinger-quits/

Tulisa back in now as Nicole isn't coming back

Go Harvey Go

As I said, the British tabloids want us all to think about this year's series now. (That's emphasis, BTW.)

It doesn't matter that it's still around four months away, or that Simon's other big Saturday night talent show is currently on, doing battle with a singing contest that's completely unlike XF...

I doubt that I'm the only one who wouldn't bend to this will of the Sun, the Mirror, the Star and the Daily Mail even if my life depended on it.

(Again, none of this is aimed at you, Liz. )

dogski

I just wish they would give up on this stupid show! It has really got pathetic in the past few years!

Go Harvey Go

dogski wrote: »

I just wish they would give up on this stupid show! It has really got pathetic in the past few years!

Well, the aforementioned newspapers wish the complete opposite.

That is, they wish that this show would go on for as long as what they think is absolutely possible (i.e. almost forever), no matter what. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

As I said, they weren't happy when last year's series was thrashed by Strictly, and when no-one seemed interested in the winner.

So it's more than likely that they'll be furious if the show's contract isn't renewed after this year's series... :rolleyes:

JP Liz V1

Crystal Swing turned down an invitation to appear on the show

JP Liz V1

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/sharons-back-as-x-factor-judging-panel-confirmed-595186.html

Sharon Osbourne, Nicole Scherzinger, Gary Barlow and Louis Walsh have been confirmed as this year's 'X Factor' judges.

ITV have finally ended speculation surrounding who will make up the panel on the 10th series of the show by revealing the 60-year-old star – who was a judge from 2004 to 2007 – will be back, and she can't wait to start her second stint on the programme.

She said: “I couldn’t be happier about coming back for the 10th anniversary of 'X Factor'. I can’t wait to give Gary Barlow a big hug, sit next to the gorgeous Nicole, and of course throw water on dear Louis. Yay!”

Show boss Simon Cowell said: "Three words I never thought I'd say …. Welcome back Sharon!"

Dermot O'Leary will also return to host the show, which will see wannabes having to tackle two sets of auditions in front of the judges for the first time ever.

At first they will require at least three yeses from the four panellists in an intimate audition room and then have to impress them all over again in an arena to prove they can perform in front of an audience.

There had been speculation Nicole – who mentored James Arthur to victory in last year's series – might not be back on the show due to her music commitments, but she has juggled her schedule around and is excited about returning to the panel.

She said: "I had so much fun and such a great experience on the show last year – it far exceeded all my expectations! I always give 110 per cent to all I do and I put everything else on hold to focus on 'X Factor' and supporting my Scherzy boys.

"This year, now that I’ve worked out doing my new music and the show together, I am so excited to get back to the UK, my second home, and get stuck into 'X Factor' 2013!”

Gary added: "It's great to be back for the 10-year anniversary of 'X Factor' and my third year with the show. This year is looking to be our best yet!

"To have a winner like James Arthur last year was a big game changer; I really hope that his authenticity and credibility will attract acts of a similar talent this series and I'm very excited about that.”

Louis will celebrate a record 10th year on the panel and he can't wait to team up with Sharon again.

He said: “I'm back with a vengeance! 10 years on and I'm just as thrilled to be involved in the best show on TV and even more delighted to be re-united with original judge Sharon Osbourne. Let the fun and games commence!”

The judges’ auditions will start on June 4th in Glasgow before visiting Birmingham, Manchester, London and Cardiff. This will be followed by the second stage of judges’ arena auditions in July.

sunbabe08

woot!!!!!:D:D lulu and sharon are back together!!!!!!!!

Monife

Ugh Sharon irritates me! Would actually consider not watching it because of her.

hdowney

i love sharon

Go Harvey Go

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/sharons-back-as-x-factor-judging-panel-confirmed-595186.html

Sharon Osbourne, Nicole Scherzinger, Gary Barlow and Louis Walsh have been confirmed as this year's 'X Factor' judges.

ITV have finally ended speculation surrounding who will make up the panel on the 10th series of the show by revealing the 60-year-old star – who was a judge from 2004 to 2007 – will be back, and she can't wait to start her second stint on the programme.

She said: “I couldn’t be happier about coming back for the 10th anniversary of 'X Factor'. I can’t wait to give Gary Barlow a big hug, sit next to the gorgeous Nicole, and of course throw water on dear Louis. Yay!”

Show boss Simon Cowell said: "Three words I never thought I'd say …. Welcome back Sharon!"

Dermot O'Leary will also return to host the show, which will see wannabes having to tackle two sets of auditions in front of the judges for the first time ever.

At first they will require at least three yeses from the four panellists in an intimate audition room and then have to impress them all over again in an arena to prove they can perform in front of an audience.

There had been speculation Nicole – who mentored James Arthur to victory in last year's series – might not be back on the show due to her music commitments, but she has juggled her schedule around and is excited about returning to the panel.

She said: "I had so much fun and such a great experience on the show last year – it far exceeded all my expectations! I always give 110 per cent to all I do and I put everything else on hold to focus on 'X Factor' and supporting my Scherzy boys.

"This year, now that I’ve worked out doing my new music and the show together, I am so excited to get back to the UK, my second home, and get stuck into 'X Factor' 2013!”

Gary added: "It's great to be back for the 10-year anniversary of 'X Factor' and my third year with the show. This year is looking to be our best yet!

"To have a winner like James Arthur last year was a big game changer; I really hope that his authenticity and credibility will attract acts of a similar talent this series and I'm very excited about that.”

Louis will celebrate a record 10th year on the panel and he can't wait to team up with Sharon again.

He said: “I'm back with a vengeance! 10 years on and I'm just as thrilled to be involved in the best show on TV and even more delighted to be re-united with original judge Sharon Osbourne. Let the fun and games commence!”

The judges’ auditions will start on June 4th in Glasgow before visiting Birmingham, Manchester, London and Cardiff. This will be followed by the second stage of judges’ arena auditions in July.

Did the Examiner really take that article off Virgin Media's site?! :eek:

http://www.virginmedia.com/newsfeeds//11587/2013/05/22/x-factor-2013-judging-panel/

Regardless, the author clearly loves the X Factor that much. Bit like the tabloids, really. :rolleyes:

Sharon's return, meanwhile, kind of reeks of being a desperate throw of the dice - and so does this new double-audition format.

Well, why not? Simon must surely know that last year's series tanked, and that the show's current contract with ITV expires after this year's series...

ibarelycare

God I hate Sharon. It's going to be even more of a pantomime than ever. I can already predict the rivalry between her and Gary :rolleyes: YAWN. Sharon isn't involved enough in the music industry these days to be a part of the show, it's ridiculous.

JP Liz V1

I think it is time Simon faces up to the fact that X Factor is done, look at who he got in for judges in the UK and US shows this year, no one wants to join his sinking ships, Simon should abandon ship and go back to Idol :P (even though saying all that I off course will still be watching again )

LizT

ibarelycare wrote: »

God I hate Sharon. It's going to be even more of a pantomime than ever. I can already predict the rivalry between her and Gary :rolleyes: YAWN. Sharon isn't involved enough in the music industry these days to be a part of the show, it's ridiculous.

Completely agree, I liked her when she was on the show a few years ago but she's not relevant enough anymore. I probably won't be watching this year.

JP Liz V1

Comic Matt Richardson taking over for Olly Murs on The Xtra Factor

sunbabe08

noooooooooooooooooooo :(:(


and who?

Go Harvey Go

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Comic Matt Richardson taking over for Olly Murs on The Xtra Factor

Not heard of him at all before now...

Did I just hear the bottom of the barrel being scraped again?

JP Liz V1

Melanie McCabe is suppose to have tried out again

ibarelycare

X Factor have released this mash-up of some of the hits that have been released by singers from the show over the past 10 years. It's actually pretty good!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKLhrzY_Wbc

No Leon Jackson, Steve Brookstein or even Matt Cardle though

No Jedward either

bopper

Understandable they don't include Leon, Steve or Jedward but I would've thought Matt, Rebecca Ferguson and Diana Vickers deserved a place.

ibarelycare

bopper wrote: »

Understandable they don't include Leon, Steve or Jedward but I would've thought Matt, Rebecca Ferguson and Diana Vickers deserved a place.

Completely forgot about Rebecca. I was just thinking today too whatever happened to Marcus Collins. And poor Joe McElderry wasn't on it either! More runners up than winners in that clip!!

JP Liz V1

ibarelycare wrote: »

Completely forgot about Rebecca. I was just thinking today too whatever happened to Marcus Collins. And poor Joe McElderry wasn't on it either! More runners up than winners in that clip!!

Marcus was in Ireland recently in the musical Hairspray

JP Liz V1

ibarelycare wrote: »

X Factor have released this mash-up of some of the hits that have been released by singers from the show over the past 10 years. It's actually pretty good!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKLhrzY_Wbc

No Leon Jackson, Steve Brookstein or even Matt Cardle though

No Jedward either

Well JLS are calling it quits as a group this year and Alexandra Burke was dropped from her record label this year and Leona Lewis last album flopped so kinda surprised they are shown still in the mash up to promote the show

bopper

ibarelycare wrote: »

Completely forgot about Rebecca. I was just thinking today too whatever happened to Marcus Collins. And poor Joe McElderry wasn't on it either! More runners up than winners in that clip!!

Joe is in it

bopper

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Well JLS are calling it quits as a group this year and Alexandra Burke was dropped from her record label this year and Leona Lewis last album flopped so kinda surprised they are shown still in the mash up to promote the show

Really?? I would have thought they were three of the most obvious ones to be included. I'm pretty sure JLS have had the most number ones out of any X Factor act and they've also won two Brit Awards and a number of MOBOS so obviously they should be included.

Alexandra and Leona's most recent albums didn't do that well but they've still had number one singles and albums in the past, plus they're both still signed to labels and recording music.

JP Liz V1

So this is Lulu Walsh's last year

ibarelycare

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

So this is Lulu Walsh's last year

I can't see myself watching it without Lulu. He's jumping off a sinking ship though, honestly don't see how many more years it can keep going for.

JP Liz V1

Category Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB2QICuUcPs

edgy

Any idea when x factor is starting back on tv?

mikeym

I think the X Factor is a million times better than American Idol.

You need a bit of drama to spice up the show.

JP Liz V1

edgy wrote: »

Any idea when x factor is starting back on tv?

I'd guess Saturday the 24th or 31st of August

JP Liz V1

The X Factor is being super-sized for its 10th series, airing on both Saturdays and Sundays throughout the run.

Simon Cowell's ever-popular reality series returns on Saturday, August 31. The show will also air the following night (September 1) as ITV's coverage will be expanded to cover the whole weekend this year to cater for an extra round of auditions.

The show has brought back 'closed' audition rooms for the first round of the competition, which haven't been seen on the show since series five.

However, successful acts will still have to impress the judges at a second round of arena auditions before they make it to Boot Camp.

This extra layer of auditions means that this year's series will be the show's biggest yet.

Gary Barlow, Nicole Scherzinger, Louis Walsh and the returning Sharon Osbourne make up the judging panel for the show's 10th anniversary.

Go Harvey Go

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

The X Factor is being super-sized for its 10th series, airing on both Saturdays and Sundays throughout the run.

Simon Cowell's ever-popular reality series returns on Saturday, August 31. The show will also air the following night (September 1) as ITV's coverage will be expanded to cover the whole weekend this year to cater for an extra round of auditions.

The show has brought back 'closed' audition rooms for the first round of the competition, which haven't been seen on the show since series five.

However, successful acts will still have to impress the judges at a second round of arena auditions before they make it to Boot Camp.

This extra layer of auditions means that this year's series will be the show's biggest yet.

Gary Barlow, Nicole Scherzinger, Louis Walsh and the returning Sharon Osbourne make up the judging panel for the show's 10th anniversary.

Even Digital Spy can't distinguish "anniversary" from "year" or "season", it seems...



As I've said before, the tabloids, gossip magazines and gossip sites are all fully aware that the show's contract with ITV expires at the end of this year, and so they're pulling out all the stops to ensure that that contract gets renewed.

If they fail, then don't be too surprised if they treat their readers like they're saying "it's all your fault you bástárds, we hate you so very much"... :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

(Once again, none of this is aimed at you, Liz, or at anyone else who still likes the show. )

Loughc

Back this Saturday, which only means one thing!

The countdown to Christmas begins!!!

bopper

The show's Twitter page has said a fifth judge will be revealed on Friday.

Go Harvey Go

Loughc wrote: »

Back this Saturday, which only means one thing!

The countdown to Christmas begins!!!

Don't expect the winner to top the UK charts on 25 December, though - three of the last four didn't.

Loughc

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

Don't expect the winner to top the UK charts on 25 December, though - three of the last four didn't.

I have no intentions of seeing/expecting or wanting them to reach the Christmas Number 1, I used XFactor as a Christmas Countdown more so than a show these days haha!

JP Liz V1

bopper wrote: »

The show's Twitter page has said a fifth judge will be revealed on Friday.

Simon will be back somehow he knows he has to return to get ratings up

Loughc

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Simon will be back somehow he knows he has to return to get ratings up

The judges this year are travelling to Simon's house in LA to find out what categories they've been given.

I can imagine the 5th judge will be a celeb guess that changes every week for the live shows?

bopper

I just hope the new judge is not something lame like "the viewer". The show has needed a fifth judge for years, simply to stop the rest of the judges copping out and going to deadlock whenever they haven't the balls to vote properly.

Loughc

bopper wrote: »

I just hope the new judge is not something lame like "the viewer". The show has needed a fifth judge for years, simply to stop the rest of the judges copping out and going to deadlock whenever they haven't the balls to vote properly.

It looks like the 5th judge is indeed the viewer. Apparently they are opening the phone lines at the start of each show the person with the lowest amount on the Saturday night goes into the bottom two and then it's normal services for the Sunday night.

Awful idea and lazy idea.

bopper

Loughc wrote: »

It looks like the 5th judge is indeed the viewer. Apparently they are opening the phone lines at the start of each show the person with the lowest amount on the Saturday night goes into the bottom two and then it's normal services for the Sunday night.

Awful idea and lazy idea.

I read something similar, but that the phone lines open at the end of the performances on Saturday night's show just for 200 seconds!?

The person with the lowest votes in this so called "flash voting" is revealed and they automatically have to sing for survival on Sunday. The phone lines re open as normal minus that person.

JP Liz V1

Loughc wrote: »

It looks like the 5th judge is indeed the viewer. Apparently they are opening the phone lines at the start of each show the person with the lowest amount on the Saturday night goes into the bottom two and then it's normal services for the Sunday night.

Awful idea and lazy idea.

More money for Simon so :rolleyes:

Loughc

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

More money for Simon so :rolleyes:

He needs it he has a baby on the way :P

JP Liz V1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR5yA4y49XE

Missymoohaa

bopper wrote: »

I read something similar, but that the phone lines open at the end of the performances on Saturday night's show just for 200 seconds!?

The person with the lowest votes in this so called "flash voting" is revealed and they automatically have to sing for survival on Sunday. The phone lines re open as normal minus that person.

Thats a terrible idea. Just confuses things. But still looking forward to the show and even more so the posts on here, always great entertainment. I hope liz runs her prediction thread again this year, I'm feeling lucky.

Also cant wait to hear James Arthur debut his new single You're nobody til Somebody loves you.

ibarelycare

Missymoohaa wrote: »

Thats a terrible idea. Just confuses things. But still looking forward to the show and even more so the posts on here, always great entertainment. I hope liz runs her prediction thread again this year, I'm feeling lucky.

Also cant wait to hear James Arthur debut his new single You're nobody til Somebody loves you.

Liz has moved to Abu Dhabi so someone else will have to take over

A V A

so its the start of another year, i feel lots of angry posts coming on lol