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THIS year's X Factor contestants are releasing a single to raise cash for Help4Heroes.
The show's 16 finalists are covering DAVID BOWIE's brilliant anthem Heroes.
CHER LLOYD, MARY BYRNE, KATIE WAISSELL, DIVA FEVER, STORM and the other hopefuls from SIMON COWELL's show will record the track and video over the next week.
What a brilliant song choice so long as WANGER (sic) doesn't get the chorus.
The Sun will be backing the song all the way. And once it is ready, you will be able to hear it on my website.
I'll be getting pictures of the finalists recording the track too.
Early this year The Sun-backed Helping Haiti single Everybody Hurts raised more than £2million. The star-studded cover of REM's hit was the fastest selling charity record this century.
In 2008, X Factor finalists including ALEXANDRA BURKE, JLS and DIANA VICKERS released MARIAH CAREY's Hero. It raised £1.3million for the H4H Rehabilitation Complex at Headley Court.
The Bowie classic is a dead certainty to reach No1 and will raise even more cash.
Bowie released Heroes in 1977. Amazingly, it only reached No24 in the singles charts.
He was going through one of his more experimental phases, or "ahead of the game", as a fan would say. Bowie knows the talent contest bunch are covering his song - so it will be interesting to hear his critique once he's heard it. But seeing as he's only given one interview in five years, I won't hold my breath.
Money raised from this Bowie cover, out on November 7, will go towards the £44million needed to create recovery centres for wounded soldiers.
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Anyone know the rest of the songs that will be performed tomorrow night.
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Just know it is meant to be Musical Heroes but not sure
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ITV is poised to announce a new deal that will keep Simon Cowell with the broadcaster for three more years.
The contract will also ensure that his two reality shows, The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent, will remain on air until 2013.
Speaking to advertisers yesterday, ITV's director of television Peter Fincham said that they were in the final stages of reaching an agreement.
"I had been hoping to be in a position to say we had done long term deals for The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent," he said. "There has been a lot of talk and speculation but I don't think I am being too confident to say we are almost there."
The future and timing of both series have been called into doubt in recent months after Cowell announced plans to launch The X Factor in the US in September 2011.
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Wagner Fiuza-Carrilho has asked fellow 'X Factor' hopeful Mary Byrne out on a date.
The renowned ladies' man has taken a shine to the supermarket worker during their time on the show and is now keen to take their friendship further.
A source said: "Wagner is single at the moment and looking for love. He and Mary have been getting on well and have started flirting more and more, so he decided to ask her out.
"Mary laughed at first, but secretly she's flattered - and hasn't said no."
While Wagner, 54, is getting on well with 50-year-old Mary he recently had a blazing row with John Adeleye over deodorant.
Scared 'X Factor' hopefuls reportedly had to call security after John accused his Over 28s pal Wagner of trying to damage his vocal chords by spraying his deodorant around the house the contestants share.
A source said: "John insisted the fumes were ruining his vocals cords and was convinced Wagner was doing it deliberately. He snapped and had it out with him. Everyone was really worried as they're quite big blokes to be facing off like that. It woke some people up and some of the younger people like Cher Lloyd were quite scared. Security came in and calmed everything down, but there is some serious bad blood.
"The row between Wagner and John is typical. Wagner is a very big character who loves marching round showing off while John is way more quiet. Two more different people you couldn't hope to meet."
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Jedward plan to turn 'The X Factor' stage into a giant haunted hotel.
Irish twins John and Edward Grimes - who rose to fame with their bizarre performances in the competition last year - plan to take over again in an upcoming episode with a huge version of one of their new tracks.
Edward told MTV UK: "We're going to create a big hotel, like build a massive building and then the wall will be removed, and you'll see me and John in a really spooky house. It's going to happen. John and Edward - the return!"
John added: "It will be a big surprise! We're going to be singing a new song from our album. It's our brand new single."
During their time on the show, the pair were heavily criticised by judge Simon Cowell.
However, the brothers are convinced they have managed to win him over during the past year.
John added: "He used to be really scary but I don't feel like he is anymore. He's actually really, really cool and really likes me and Edward.
"He said he likes us because we like broke the barrier of being boring and just standing there and singing. We actually did something different. Simon's missing our love."
Meanwhile, Nadine Coyle - the Girls Aloud bandmate of judge Cheryl Cole - has reportedly been dropped as a potential performer in one of the live shows.
The singer - who recently released her solo single 'Insatiable' - will apparently not perform now bosses on the show are confident of finding someone "more famous".
TellyMix said: "'The X Factor' wants only the biggest names and stars to perform.
"This is a show which gets up to 20 million viewers watching every week, the show doesn't need third rate performers and flop acts.
"Nadine was originally being considered for a slot, however bosses decided they could get more famous singers."
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Once again Mary, Matt and Rebecca stole the show. Faultless perfromances from Mary and Matt. Still my top three. Storm Lee and Katie to go tonight with possibly Aiden in danger. His performance was poor. Dannii should never had allowed him to tackle a John Lennon song it was too big for him.
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Why on earth has Cheryl dyed her hair the same colour as Sharon Osbourne?? Doesn't suit her.
For me, Mary stole the show. Matt and Rebecca were good. John was better than last week. But for everyone else's performances I was disappointed and not very impressed. Watching Aiden was uncomfortable. As was watching Wagner. I hope everybody steps up their game next week and I hope the Judges choose better songs.
In the News of The World today, it says Matt and Katie were caught in bed together. Yuck. I thought he'd have better taste.
And Matt's old band Seven Summers is climbing up the charts on the back of Matt's success on X Factor.
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Cher was the worst last night - Mary, TreyC, John, Matt, Rebecca were all great
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Cher perfomance was alright. I just feel she is a one-trick pony. She's okay at singing raps as she did this last week as well as last night. But there is going to come a time were she is going to have to sing big band numbers or ballads, which she won't be able to slip in some rap. I don't think she could perform a song properly. uinlike Matt who in both weeks has come out of his comfort zone and sung songs he wouldn't normallly sing but has smashed them.
