It’s that time of the year again …
X Factor UK season 9 starts tomorrow. Dermot O’Leary will once again return as the host. Nicole Scherzinger is joining Gary Barlow, Tulisa Contostavlos and Louis Walsh on the judging panel. Caroline Flack and Olly Murs are returning as the Xtra Factor hosts.
Guess what? Louis Walsh might join TWITTER! At least according to the promo video below. Let’s just say Louis is still trying to figure things out.
And the Xtra Factor promo features Olly and Caroline. Don’t miss Olly’s creepy impersonation of Justin Bieber!
Dermot O’Leary presents his TOP 5 moments of X Factor.
All other season 9 promos feature X Factor’s most successful lot: Leona Lewis, Alexandra Burke, JLS, Olly Murs, One Direction and Little Mix.
The X Factor 2012 – #WhoseTimeIsNow
Alexandra Burke : The Full Story – Alexandra Burke: Winning the X Factor – Alexandra Burke vs. JLS
JLS: The Full Story – JLS: The Early Years
Olly Murs : The Full Story – Olly Murs: The Early Years
One Direction – The Early Years – One Direction – The Full Story
Daily Mail published a great article about X Factor’s audition process.
Inside the X Factory: 12-hours waits for a five-minute shot at fame… behind the scenes of the auditions for TV’s most ruthless show
Inside the venue, formerly known as the Millennium Dome, a bizarre mass audition is beginning. Groups of around 100 contestants at a time are herded like cattle into rows of seats. They wait to be called into one of at least 20 audition pods spaced around the venue.
Inside each one, a member of Cowell’s staff — picked both from his record company Syco and X Factor producer Thames — is poised to pass judgment on hundreds of singers from dawn to dusk.
Busy: Staff from Simon Cowell’s record company Syco and X Factor producer Thames pass judgements on hundreds of singersThe contestant steps up on to a black platform to sing two songs. With so many people singing at the same time, the noise levels are immense.
If there were a factory for producing popstars this would be it.
Cowell’s ‘pop pickers’ are not just looking for the potential superstars, as one might assume.
They also want the extroverts and tone-deaf contestants who have no chance of winning, but make the audition shows so entertaining.
‘The ones we want are either supremely talented, especially good looking or simply barking,’ a show staffer explains.
Read more: The Daily Mail
