X Factor UK Headlines for 05/27/12

Rebecca Ferguson added to iTunes Festival lineup, Malia Obama spotted at One Direction concert. X Factor UK auditions start.

Rebecca Ferguson was added to iTunes Festival line-up.

Presidential seal of approval! Barack Obama’s daughter Malia joins thousands of screaming fans to cheer One Direction
It seems One Direction have been given the presidential seal of approval.

For Barack Obama’s daughter Malia was spotted looking enraptured by the boyband at a show in Fairfax, Virginia last night.

She took a trip to the appropriately named Patriot Centre, which is just 20 miles away from Washington D.C, to ogle the British heartthrobs.
Read more: The Daily Mail

Capital FM ends 3-month One Direction ban
Global Radio’s Capital FM has played a song by the boyband One Direction for the first time in three months.

Radio Today understands the group’s hit What Makes You Beautiful aired on the hit music network at around 7.45pm tonight during James Barr’s evening show.

Global put an unofficial ban on tracks by One Direction being played on their stations after the group thanked Capital FM’s rival Radio 1 on stage at the BRIT Awards. They’d just picked up the Best British Single prize for What Makes You Beautiful, an award that had been voted for by listeners of Capital FM who were sponsors of the category.
Read more: Radio Today

One Direction Make a Play For Longevity on First American Headlining Tour
U.K. boy band relies on vocal prowess and charisma to keep fan base loyal
One Direction’s stateside arrival has been an indisputable success: their March appearance on the Today show drew record numbers, their first-ever headlining tour sold out to the point of needing to add matinee performances and the group’s already recording a second album while sales for their 2013 summer tour are going strong. But the quintet, bred from the U.K.’s X Factor program, has been enjoying this status abroad since their 2010 debut. So while Americans are eagerly eating up One Direction’s boyishly preppy act for the first time, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson are working from heavily recycled material – and sometimes it showed at Saturday afternoon’s sold-out New York City performance.
Read more: Rolling Stone

One Direction songwriter/producer Carl Falk takes us inside the recording studio
Have you ever wondered what it might be like to be locked in a recording studio for hours with One Direction? Hitmaking songwriter/producer Carl Falk knows what it’s like. He is one of the people responsible for One Direction’s biggest hits so far: “What Makes You Beautiful” and “One Thing,” two of the singles from One Direction’s smash debut album, “Up All Night,” which has been a No. 1 hit in several countries. Falk and his songwriting/producing partner Rami Yacoub produced three songs on the album: “What Makes You Beautiful,” “One Thing” and “I Wish,” all of which were co-written by Falk, Yacoub and Savan Kotecha. Falk is also known for co-writing Nicki Minaj’s “Starships” and Taio Cruz’s “Troublemaker.”
Read more: The Examiner

I wheelie like you! One Direction’s Zayn Malik and Little Mix’s Perrie Edwards go public with their relationship as they mess around on a scooter
They were a match made in reality TV heaven after they began dating late last year following a brief meeting on X Factor.

But their love failed to blossom and they ended up splitting up to concentrate on their budding music careers.

However, One Direction’s Zayn Malik and Little Mix’s Perrie Edwards are officially boyfriend and girlfriend – again.
Read more: The Daily Mail

So that’s your secret to staying slim… Little Mix show off their tiny frames as they launch the Union Jack pack of M&M’s
After winning over the nation last summer with their vocal abilities and pure image, Little Mix are now back to remind them why they’re so sweet.

The girl band have teamed up with M&M’s to launch the new patriotic packet in honour of the Great British summer of fun.

The X Factor winners were let loose in the M&M’s World store in Leicester Square as they showed off their enviable frames and got handfuls of the colourful candy.
Read more: The Daily Mail

Exclusive: Aiden Grimshaw interview: “I’m not ashamed of X Factor past”
When we first heard whispers that Aiden Grimshaw was to release an album this year, we’ll admit we had our concerns.

That said, they were swiftly brushed aside after hearing his debut single ‘Is This Love’ and a few other songs by him that we’re not allowed to talk about just yet.

With his new single out next month, we met up with the man himself at London’s Drink, Shop & Do vintage café to find out what he’s been up to since The X Factor, what we can expect from his debut album and why he’s such a big Tom Jones fan.
Read more: Digital Spy

Needed that! Matt Cardle drowns his sorrows on a night out with Aiden Grimshaw after being dumped by his record label
Earlier this week Matt Cardle revealed that he had ‘parted ways’ with his record label.

But not one to stay down in the dumps for too long the former X Factor winner was spotted last night as he enjoyed a catch up with Aiden Grimshaw.

The two appeared to be in high spirits as they exited the exclusive London hotspot Boujis with Aiden looking worse for wear.
Read more: The Daily Mail

X Factor fans give their verdict on new judge Geri Halliwell… with the deafening sound of boos (again)
When she first tried her luck on the X Factor panel two years ago, Geri Halliwell was booed by the audience.

And despite ITV bosses hoping she would get a better reception on the show this time around as a guest judge, it seems fans just can’t take to the former Spice Girls star.

Rather than win round the audience at the Liverpool auditions, Geri angered fans by taking a swipe at their favourite judge Gary Barlow, before criticising the singing skills of a girl band.
Read more: The Daily Mail

‘Bring Sharon back!’: After the boos, now Geri Halliwell gets the thumbs down from X Factor JUDGES who want Osbourne instead
First she was booed by the audience, then even the baying crowds outside X Factor auditions turned against her.

Now it seems Geri Halliwell has disappointed her fellow judges, who are already lining up a replacement for the old spice girl.

And unfortunately for Geri it seems her short-lived colleagues would rather have mouthy Sharon Osbourne sitting next to them rather than ginger spice.
Read more: The Daily Mail

Back to where it all began: 2006 winner Leona Lewis returns to The X Factor as a guest judge
She’s been the franchise’s most successful star after winning The X Factor nearly six years ago.

And today Leona Lewis returned to the ITV talent show… but this time, as a judge.

The East London-raised singer joined Gary Barlow, Louis Walsh and Tulisa Contostavlos on the panel at the auditions at the capital’s O2 Arena.
Read more: The Daily Mail

Leona Lewis, Rita Ora, Mel B set for ‘X Factor’ guest judge slots?
Read more: Digital Spy

X Factor’s Gary Barlow warns new talent will struggle as show admits professional acts for the first time
It is the talent show that boasts it can turn musical nobodies into global superstars.

However, judge Gary Barlow has admitted that inexperienced hopefuls may struggle this year after bosses opened the contest to professional acts for the first time.

Having found fame and fortune aged just 19 when he was picked to join Take That, the 41-year-old star said he hoped the rule change would improve the standard of contestants.
Read more: The Daily Mail

‘I can’t wait to work with my TV husband again!’ Caroline Flack and Olly Murs to return as hosts of The Xtra Factor
Caroline Flack and Olly Murs were today confirmed to return as hosts of ITV2’s The Xtra Factor.

The presenting duo will be split up for the early part of the show due to the Essex singer’s touring commitments with One Direction in the US, but he will return for the X Factor behind-the-scenes programme on ITV2 in the autumn.

Caroline – who is on her way to Liverpool today to begin the first auditions tomorrow – added she was delighted to be reunited with her ‘TV husband’.
Read more: The Daily Mail

‘He’s crazy’: Cheryl Cole hits back at Simon Cowell’s claims she ‘manipulated’ him… but insists they’re still friends
Cheryl Cole is baffled by Simon Cowell’s claims she ‘manipulated’ him on The X Factor, calling him ‘crazy’.

The singer, 28, admitted he accused her directly of being manipulative when they worked together on the ITV show.

The music mogul was quoted in Tom Bower’s biography Sweet Revenge: The Intimate Life Of Simon Cowell as saying: ‘She would come in dressed in her tracksuit and slippers, drop her eyes and play the soulful victim to get around me. She played me.’
Read more: The Daily Mail

‘So happy I finally get to show you!’ Cheryl Cole unveils new album artwork and tracklisting
Cheryl Cole has unveiled the cover art for her upcoming album a Million Lights.

The singer whet fans’ appetites by also revealing the tracklisting for the album, which will be released on June 18.

A million Lights will feature tracks produced by Calvin Harris, Naughty Boy, Eminem collaborator Alex Da Kid, Beema Boys and Jim Beanz.
Read more: The Daily Mail

What an entrance! Cheryl Cole swan dives onto stage in a leopard print bra-let and colourful genie trousers to debut Call My Name on The Voice
With speculation over whether she would be singing live swirling Cheryl Cole decided to silence critics with a dramatic entrance onto the stage on The Voice last night.

The 28-year-old confidently swan dived from a platform into the arms of her dancers at the start of her performance of Call My Name.

If her entry onto the stage wasn’t enough to grab viewers attention her outfit certainly did the trick.
Read more: The Daily Mail

Cheryl Cole: ‘I’ve dined with Prince Charles, but I’ve also sat in a crack den’
From teenage wannabe to the nation’s favourite Geordie, Cheryl Cole’s life has captivated us for a decade. She talks to Barbara Ellen about bringing back Girls Aloud, the importance of loyalty – and why she’ll never be part of Simon Cowell’s harem
Read more: The Guardian

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