X Factor UK Headlines for 07/17/16

Cher Lloyd returns with a new single on Friday!

Cher Lloyd new single “Activated” arrives July 22!
It’s time! English singer-songwriter, rapper, model and The X Factor princess Cher Lloyd ia about to impact the music scene with a brand new single. Fans rejoy!

The song is called “Activated” and it’s apparently out on July 22nd, which is basically next Friday. It’s the lead single taken from her third album, expected to be released later this year or early 2017 via via Universal Music Group and Warner Bros.
Read more: Ultimate Music

‘NIALL IS INFATUATED’ One Direction’s Niall Horan goes public with stunning new girlfriend, Belgian student Celine Helene Vandycke
New couple couldn’t keep their hands off each other at British Summertime Festival

NIALL HORAN has always enjoyed the single life more than any of his fellow ONE DIRECTION members, floating from girl to girl while the rest settled down in relationships.

But not any more.

I can reveal that Niall has a brand new girlfriend — and the Irish heartthrob has never looked so loved up.

The singer went public with stunning Belgian student Celine Helene Vandycke at the weekend in London’s Hyde Park.
Read more: The Sun

One Direction’s Harry Styles gets down and dirty for his new acting role as he’s seen in muddied military costume for WWII action-thriller Dunkirk
As one of the world’s biggest popstars, One Direction’s Harry Styles may have previously be accustomed to pampering and VIP treatment.

But the boyband member was prepared to get his hands dirty for his acting debut on Tuesday when he was returned to the set of WWII action-thriller Dunkirk in full army garbs.

The 22-year-old’s formerly long and glossy curls were slicked back with mud and his globally-recognised good looks were marred by dripping dirt as he was ferried between boats on location in Urk, Holland.
Read more: Daily Mail

Oh buoy! Harry Styles cuts a very handsome figure as he sports a muddy face and full military costume to film WWII action-thriller Dunkirk
He’s thrown himself headfirst into his debut acting role.

And Harry Styles, 22, was worlds apart from his usual pop star sheen as he was given a drastic make under while filming WWII epic Dunkirk, on Wednesday.

The heartthrob looked very much as if he’d been in the wars; his face covered in mud as he travelled in a lifeboat in Urk, Holland.
Read more: Daily Mail

‘An alien spoke to me in a dream’: Zayn Malik admits an extra-terrestrial vision convinced him the time was right to leave One Direction
He left fans all over the world heartbroken when he quit One Direction in March 2015.

And Zayn Malik has now revealed he first decided to leave the boy band after a visitation from an extra-terrestrial being in his dream.

The 23-year-old singer told Glamour magazine: ‘An alien spoke to me in a dream.’
Read more: Daily Mail

‘May the force be with you!’ Zayn Malik adds to his extensive collection of inkings as he unveils quirky new UV lightsaber tattoo
He was spotted out and about with his American girlfriend Gigi Hadid on Thursday.

And earlier in the day Zayn Malik added to his ever-growing collection of tatttoos with a unique UV inking.

The 23-year-old British singer visited tattoo artist Jon Boy- a celebrity favourite in New York.
Read more: Daily Mail

Louisa Johnson makes the most of her incredible figure as she rocks the stage at Key 103 Live in a glitzy leotard
She first appeared on our radars last Christmas, and became The X Factor’s youngest ever winner.

But now Louisa Johnson can certainly hold her own onstage as she proved on Saturday night when she belted out her hits at the Key 103 Live concert in Manchester.

The 18-year-old blonde looked incredible as she performed at the Manchester Arena in a revealing glitzy leotard.
Read more: Daily Mail

HOST WITH THE MOST Dermot O’Leary set to be best-paid solo presenter on UK TV with £8million X Factor deal
Presenter has been contracted for four years

DERMOT O’Leary has signed an £8million deal to return to The X Factor.

The unprecedented four-year contract makes him the best-paid solo presenter on British telly.

He will also still be able to work for BBC TV and Radio 2, boosting his annual pay packet to at least £3million.

Dermot, 43, was forced to leave last year after boss Simon Cowell wanted Olly Murs and Caroline Flack.

But last night an X Factor source revealed: “This is the comeback of all comebacks for Dermot.

“Just one year after Cowell axed him, he’s signing the contract of a lifetime.
Read more: The Sun

The X Factor 2016’s Dermot O’Leary praises “natural” judging panel: ‘It doesn’t feel forced’
“It’s the warmest I can remember it as a place to work.”?

The X Factor host Dermot O’Leary has revealed that the new judging panel feels very “natural”.

Speaking to Digital Spy to promote his new Saturday Sessions compilation, Dermot explained that everything fell into place as soon as Simon Cowell, Nicole Scherzinger, Louis Walsh and Sharon Osbourne came together.

“Sharon and Nicole live in America, so we didn’t get a chance to sit down and bond,” he said. “We just started filming in Leicester on day one, and it’s incredible how quickly it just went back to [normal].

“Louis needs Sharon around to stand up to Simon, and no-one would ever dare to stand up to Sharon! You’ve got that great dynamic there.
Read more: Digital Spy

The X Factor 2016: Dermot O’Leary admits that he and Simon Cowell were “stupid guys” over his exit
But just how awkward was their reunion??

The X Factor star Dermot O’Leary has admitted that he and Simon Cowell were “stupid guys” about his exit from the show.

Speaking to Digital Spy to promote his new Saturday Sessions compilation, Dermot joked that he was practically in bed when Simon called to offer him his hosting job back.

“Simon being Simon, we were supposed to speak on a Monday morning,” he said. “And I don’t recall I’ve ever, ever met him or seen him in the morning. I don’t think in 12 years of knowing him we’ve even talked in the morning. So I just thought the chances of that happening were quite remote.

“I then get a call at 20 to 1 or something on the Sunday night, saying, ‘Hey, he can speak now!’ And I’m thinking, ‘I don’t want to speak now, I want to be in bed! Not decide my future!’ So we had a little chat and it was actually very warm.”
Read more: Digital Spy

CROWD LEAVER X-Factor audience wait THREE hours for Six Chair Challenge, only to be thrown out of the half-empty arena soon after
Simon Cowell called off filming after complaining about the “crowd reaction”

DURING the X Factor Six Chair Challenge, the one thing the contestants want to get is a seat.

But the audience were of a different mindset as the SSE Wembley Arena was less than half full for filming on Sunday evening.

Hardly anyone turned up to see NICOLE SCHERZINGER whittle her category down to six boys after ticket-holders were forced to wait more than three hours.

The session, which was due to start at 5pm, didn’t begin until 10.20pm due to a huge delay after SHARON OSBOURNE’s selection of her Overs category.

A telly insider revealed the delay had been caused by Sharon recovering as she was “shaken” when the crowd turned on her for her decisions.

When fans were finally allowed into the arena at 9.30pm, some were seen leaving within the first ten minutes.

Producers were forced to do dozens of takes of the audience cheering, booing and chanting “seat” before any more of them left.

Eventually SIMON COWELL took matters into his own hands by calling filming to an end after only half the acts had performed by midnight, saying there was “no crowd reaction”.

A member of the audience said: “Simon seemed to be tired and bored by the amount of time he’d spent in the studio.”
Read more: The Sun

Pop mentor Cheryl Cole lined up to help Simon Cowell in next X Factor Judges House
CHERYL Fernandez-Versini could be set for a sensational return to this year’s X Factor.

The popular singer is being lined up to help Simon Cowell at the Judges Houses stage next month.

And if ITV executives get their way her One Direction boyfriend Liam Payne will join her. According to XF sources both Simon and ITV bosses believe Cheryl is the right person to help him pick the finalists from his Girls category.

And it is obvious to King Cowell, ITV and everyone involved with the show that getting Liam to appear by her side would be a huge coup for the singing contest.
Read more: Daily Star


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The Official Charts
Singles
1 Drake – One Dance (feat. Wizkid & Kyla)
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8 Clean Bandit – Tears (feat. Louisa Johnson)
23 Olly Murs – You Don’t Know Love
26 Fifth Harmony – Work From Home (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)
52 Little Mix – Hair
62 Fifth Harmony – All In My Head (Flex) (feat. Fetty Wap)
69 ZAYN – PILLOWTALK
89 One Direction – History

Albums
1 Biffy Clyro – Ellipsis
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17 Little Mix – Get Weird
92 Fifth Harmony – 7/27

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