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6 unusual facts about The X Factor


Come to Life

It was announced that the release of the album in the United Kingdom would be delayed so that Imbruglia could concentrate on her duties as a judge on the Australian version of The X Factor franchise.

Fiona Bevan

The band performed the track on both the UK and US versions of The X Factor and during their worldwide Take Me Home Tour (2013).

One Day / Reckoning Song

In November of 2013 a version of the track inspired by the Wankelmut remix was sung by young Italian singer Violetta Zironi during season 7 of the Italian version of The X Factor.

Rebekah Ryan

In 2007, Ryan was selected as one of the 12 finalists in the 'over 25's' group on the ITV talent show, The X Factor.

Scottish School of Contemporary Dance

Performances in the theatre have included those by the Scottish Ballet, the Scottish Dance Theatre, The X Factor, Stephen Petronio, and David Hughes.

The X Factor: Zhongguo Zui Qiang Yin

The first season debuted on April 19, 2013 and hosted by Zhu Dan (朱丹) and He Jiong.


Ali Tennant

Later years have seen Tennant vocal coach and produce for a number of high profile clients such as The X Factor, The Voice UK, Jessie J (Alive), David Guetta (Nothing But The Beat), JLS (JLS, Outta This World, Jukebox, Evolution), The Saturdays (On Your Radar), Olly Murs (Olly Murs) and more.

Andrea Catherwood

In 2006, she was scheduled to appear on the celebrity special of The X Factor: Battle of the Stars and to sing with James Hewitt but ITV chiefs refused to give her permission to appear on the show.

Beneath Your Beautiful

At Capital FM's Summertime Ball 2013, on Sunday 9 June 2013, Labrinth performed the song with The X Factor 2012 finalist Ella Henderson live, as part of his setlist, with Henderson replacing Sande.

Camberwell High School

Dannii Minogue, Australian singer, occasional actress, TV Personality, The X Factor & Australia's Got Talent judge.

D.I.S.C.O.

In 2006, The X Factor former contestant Chico Slimani released an alternative version as a follow up to his number 1 hit "It's Chico Time".

Darja Schabad

After her performance of Shakira's "Underneath your Clothes" Simon Cowell stated that Darja has The X Factor.

Down for Whatever

To promote the song, Rowland performed the song on The Graham Norton Show, The X Factor which Rowland served as a judge and the German version of the show, X Factor.

Freddie Combs

On September 27, 2012 he performed on the television show The X Factor in Greensboro, North Carolina and received four yes votes for his rendition of the song "Wind Beneath My Wings" which he dedicated to his wife, Kay.

I'm Still Standing

The song has been covered three times on the UK version of The X Factor: by Lloyd Daniels in the sixth series, Wagner in the seventh series and Christopher Maloney in season 9.

If That's OK with You

"If That's OK with You" is a song written by Savan Kotecha, Arnthor Birgisson and Max Martin for The X Factor winner Shayne Ward from his second studio album "Breathless".

Jai McDowall

Before Britain's Got Talent, he appeared as a contestant on The X Factor and The American Idol Experience.

Joe McElderry discography

McElderry rose to fame after winning The X Factor and signing a million pound record deal with Simon Cowell's company Syco, His debut single "The Climb" debuted at number two selling over 450,000 copies in its first week of release.

Journey South

They are originally from Middlesbrough, Teesside, and performed in pubs and clubs throughout the United Kingdom for over eight years, prior to achieving third place on the second UK series of television talent show The X Factor in 2005.

Leon Jackson

Jackson appeared as a celebrity guest on the first live episode of series five of The X Factor on 11 October 2008, to perform the first single, "Don't Call This Love", from his upcoming album Right Now.

Liam McKenna

Liam works behind the scenes of The X Factor with judge Louis Walsh, and writes a weekly column for the Irish Daily Star about behind the scenes gossip on the show.

Matt Kunitz

After six years at NBC Universal and six at Endemol, It was announced on March 20, 2012 that Kunitz would join FremantleMedia North America in a multi-year overall deal with the company behind Fox’s American Idol and The X Factor and NBC’s America's Got Talent to develop and produce new unscripted shows.

Olly Murs discography

Olly rose to prominence in the United Kingdom after being a contestant on The X Factor during its sixth series, ultimately finishing in second place on 12 December 2009.

Paul Rankin

In 2006, Paul appeared on The X Factor: Battle Of The Stars, along with fellow chefs Jean-Christophe Novelli, Aldo Zilli and Ross Burden.

Politia Live Clubbing summer 2010

The show was similar to The S Club shows, however, some changes were made: the Greek The X Factor contestant Eleftheria Eleftheriou was taken out of the program and rapper Gifted was replaced with Giorgos Axas.

Rebecca Loos

In April of the same year, Loos ran the London Marathon, and raised more than £7,000 in sponsorship for the British Red Cross, and later in May appeared in The X Factor: Battle of the Stars along with James Hewitt – in which she famously received a negative reception from judge Sharon Osbourne and the show's audience alike.

Redemption Days

The song has been used in numerous television shows such as The Voice UK, Big Brother, The X Factor.

Rule the World

On 21 September 2008, the song managed to climb back up to #34 on the UK Singles Chart following a performance by contestants on BBC One's Last Choir Standing and on 30 November 2008 it managed to climb up the chart once again to #27 following its appearance on The X Factor, sung by Rachel Hylton.

SB.TV

SB.TV was founded in 2006, when a teenage Jamal Edwards (son of The X Factor series 2 contestant Brenda Edwards) began filming rap freestyles with a handycam, which he would then upload to his YouTube account.

The Morgana Show

Cheryl Cole and Dannii Minogue - Both are seen in a make-up room, presumably on the set of The X Factor, and are constantly trying to out-do each other.

Yeo Valley Organic

In 2010, they launched a £5 million advertising campaign, created by Bartle Bogle Hegarty, featuring the Yeo Valley Rap, using commercial breaks in The X Factor finals, which went viral.

Young Men Society

Young Men Society successfully auditioned for the third series of The X Factor (Australia) in 2011, singing Mike Posner's "Cooler Than Me".


see also

Ben Mills

During his time on The X Factor he was mentored by Sharon Osbourne.

Mills' audition song for The X Factor was "Bring It On Home To Me" by Sam Cooke, which impressed the panel of judges; Simon Cowell thought he sounded like a young Joe Cocker, whom, incidentally, Ben names as one of his musical influences along with Tom Waits, Rod Stewart and David Bowie.

Ben Thapa

While completing his course at Guildhall, Thapa auditioned for the first series of The X Factor with his G4 bandmates Jon Ansell, Matt Stiff, and Mike Christie where they reached the final but lost out to Steve Brookstein.

Cocozza

Frankie Cocozza (born 1993), English singer who participated inThe X Factor in 2011

Geraldine: The Winners Story

To coincide with this and compete with the X-Factor winning song, Peter Kay released "Once Upon a Christmas Song" co-composed by Gary Barlow.

Ray Quinn

His self-titled debut album Doing It My Way was released on 12 March 2007, the same day as that of fellow The X Factor finalist Ben Mills.

Slimani

Chico Slimani, (born 1971), a Welsh singer of Moroccan descent, who took part in 2005 in UK's The X factor

The Reason 4

In March 2011, The boys embarked on recording their first album which has been co written and produced by Eliot Kennedy famous for The Spice Girls, Take That, Bryan Adams, Celine Dion etc. and more recently creative director on The X Factor and Andy Murray, Girls Aloud, Natasha Bedingfield, Shayne Ward.

The X Factor Philippines

The winner of The X Factor Philippines is awarded a recording contract and a cash prize of 4 million pesos.

Tony Fennell

Fennell is currently writing and co-producing for singer Brenda Edwards (We Will Rock You/The X Factor) with Jason Silver (Mark Ronson) for her forthcoming album.

Young Pharoz

Young Pharoz auditioned for the X Factor Arabia in Beirut in front of renowned judges Hussain Al Jasmi, Wael Kfoury, Elissa and Carole Samaha who later became their mentor in the following rounds.