The X Factor 2010

[lizann]

Will someone be taking over from Cheryl?

No need she is doing the judges house part in the UK as she cant travel so no exotic location for her contestants this year

[Perdita]

JLS will present an hour-long show immediately after this year's X Factor final, it has been revealed.

The 'One Shot' group will perform a mixture of their hits and new material from their forthcoming second album.

A source told The Sun: "JLS are the only boyband anyone is interested in right now. It's a coup for ITV to sign them.

"If anyone had told the lads two years ago they would be shown on the night of the X Factor finals they would not have believed it."

It was recently rumoured that Jay-Z is planning to help launch JLS's music career in America.

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The first ever official X Factor magazine has been confirmed for launch this September.

The long-rumoured title will be published by Haymarket Network under licence from FremantleMedia Enterprises and Syco Entertainment, Music Week reports.

FME UK senior vice president of licensing Dominic Burns said: "There is a gap in the market for a magazine that celebrates the world of pop and provides an in-depth insight into the world of The X Factor."

Haymarket Network promises behind-the-scenes access, celebrity news and gossip and fashion and beauty features. Recruitment for The X Factor Magazine is currently ongoing.

The publisher's managing director Andrew Taplin added that the title would be aimed at the women's weekly market, explaining: "The women's weekly category is very vibrant at the moment and the launch of this magazine will provide it a further significant boost."

The X Factor Magazine will be exclusive to Tesco on launch before getting wider distribution.

[Perdita]

X FACTOR is trying to shed its cheesy image and get some street cred, TV Biz can reveal.

The show's bosses are dumping the usual parade of naff boybands and hair-extension-obsessed divas.

No softies ... Westlife clones will be shown the X-it
No softies ... Westlife clones will be shown the X-it

And they have declared war on a trial of wannabes whose main talent is for telling sob stories about their tough upbringing.

Instead, they want quirky, gritty singing sensations rather than light-pop doubles of Westlife.

And they claim that the only hopefuls to get through to the boot camp stage this year will be those who could have a "genuine career".
Lightweights

A source told TV Biz yesterday: "There was a time when people wanted to see someone who has had a difficult life get a No1 Christmas hit.

"But that climate has completely changed. People want an artist that is going to keep producing."

The X man cometh ... Simon Cowell's getting tough-er
The X man cometh ... Simon Cowell's getting tough-er

The insider added: "It's the seventh year and it needed to change.

"The climate is completely different to when Leon Jackson won it in 2007.

"JLS have set the standard of what can be achieved. They proved that an X Factor finalist can make the jump to being proper recording artists with a long career ahead of them."

To weed out lightweights and big-ballad wailers, contestants trying to make it to boot camp had to prove they could take on modern, edgy sounds.

Wannabes were told to audition to gutsy songs like Bad Romance by Lady GaGa, Eliza Doolittle's Pack Up or Corinne Bailey Rae's Like A Star.

TV Biz got a sneak preview of the boot camp stage of this year's ITV1 hit yesterday at London's Wembley Arena - and we discovered that even contestants' LOOKS have changed.

Gone were the perma-tans and dodgy hair extensions of past seasons.

Caked-on layers of slap were also out, except on BLOKES.

And the theme hairdo of the year this time round looks set to be a pretty wicked quiff.

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Even the groups - notoriously cheese-filled in past years - seem to be showing signs of cool. Previous years have featured acts like cheesemonger brother and sister duo Same Difference.

But this time they include a funky girlband - miraculously minus the stilettos and matching frocks favoured by the usual Girls Aloud pretenders.
Striking

And a quirky trio of two girls and a guy have a 1950s style that would have seemed out of place in previous, poppier years.

But there are also powerful acts in the other categories, making this year look like it could be the strongest series yet.

And the all-important sex factor looks likely to be provided by a striking solo singer who looks like a young Gwen Stefani. But fans of the traditional X Factor oddballs will not be disappointed.

Happily there are still a couple of acts treading the line between eccentric and certifiable.

One desperado announced to the talent show's head judge Simon Cowell that he had decided to give himself five years in which to make it as a superstar.

He added dramatically that he is prepared to "Die for my art".

Unimpressed Simon, 50, replied: "Perhaps you could just break an arm instead."

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Christine Bleakley will take over the reins of The X Factor next year as part of her new £4million deal with ITV.

The 31-year-old presenter is being lined up by Simon Cowell and producers on the television talent show to replace host Dermot O'Leary, the Daily Mail has learned.

The former One Show co-host, who left her £90,000-a-year job with the BBC, will be reunited with Adrian Chiles on the revamped ITV breakfast programme Daybreak on September 6.

A senior television source told the Mail; 'Dermot has made it clear that he would like to move to America full time. '

'His girlfriend Dee Kopang is already working as a TV producer in Los Angeles, so he would like to try his luck in Hollywood. He is already spending the majority of his time out there with Dee, so it would make sense.'

Last night, a source close to O'Leary stressed: 'Dermot loves the X Factor and has no plans to leave. If he did get the X Factor USA job, he would travel between London and LA, just like Simon Cowell, who will appear on both versions.'

O'Leary, 37, who launched his career as a Channel 4 teen show host and also presents his own Radio 2 programme, took over his X Factor duties after Kate Thornton was axed in 2007.

He signed up for at least two series on a £1million-a-year deal.
Dermot O'Leary is reportedly keen to host both US and UK version sof the hit show

Dermot O'Leary is reportedly keen to host both US and UK version sof the hit show

He has been outspoken about his bid to front the U.S. X Factor when it launches on Fox next year, admitting he would do anything to get on that show - 'but I think Simon will go with an American presenter. It's a bummer'.
Miss Bleakley is already a paparazzi favourite - hosting the X-factor would make her well-nigh unavoidable

Miss Bleakley is already a paparazzi favourite - hosting the X-factor would make her well-nigh unavoidable

There is still a chance O'Leary will front the show. X Factor judge Cheryl Cole had been tipped for a judge's role in the U.S. and Louis Walsh is also in the frame.

But it is understood that Cowell, 50, does not want the show to be too 'Brit heavy'.

Miss Bleakley's X Factor commitment may spell the end of her time on Daybreak.

An insider revealed: 'No one is sure how Christine will cope with the 3.30am wake-up call for very long. '

'Everyone's smart money is on Adrian and Christine hosting for up to a year before moving on.'

Miss Bleakley, who is in a relationship with England and Chelsea footballer Frank Lampard, had already been linked with The Xtra Factor presenting job on ITV2.

Konnie Huq has taken over the spin-off show and a source said: 'Christine was never going to host The Xtra Factor, but she has always been a fan of the show.'



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...#ixzz0uakxCy8U

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The X Factor has replaced the over-25s category with an over-28s group instead, it has been revealed.

Guest Boot Camp judge Nicole Scherzinger apparently persuaded Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh to make the change because the quality of the older singers was so high.

A source told The Sun: "There are normally twice as many under-25 singers as over, but with some of the best acts being in their mid-20s this year, they wanted to make sure they didn't lose them."

An X Factor spokesman confirmed: "At Nicole's suggestion, and agreed by Simon and Louis, the boys' and girls' category age limit has been increased to 28.

"The judges believe this will strengthen the competition and talent."

In addition, there will now be eight acts progressing to the Judges' Houses stage of the show, instead of the usual six.

It is also rumoured that four acts from each category will move on to the live shows, creating a record total of 16 finalists.

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Danielle Lineker is reportedly being lined up for a golden handcuffs deal with ITV, because of Simon Cowell.

The X Factor judge thinks that Lineker has the "sex factor", reports the Daily Star.

Cowell is now said to be considering finding the 31-year-old roles on both The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent.

Lineker could also take over ITV2 spin-off The Xtra Factor.

The Hells Kitchen star recently fronted a BBC Three documentary about being a step-mother.

[tammyy2j]

I hope Dermot O'Leary stays

[moonstorm]

So do I Tammy but I quite like Danielle.

[tammyy2j]

Dermot O'Leary is a hottie if anyone should take over from him let it be Olly Murs