Check out the latest X Factor UK news, spoilers and this week’s Official Charts. Who is #1 this week? Reality TV!

X Factor UK SPOILERS – Judges 2011 Categories & Judges Houses Contestants
Louis Walsh gets the worst category once again. But don’t fret, the man is a genious. I’m sure he has another phenomenon of Jedward and Wagner proportions up his sleeve.

X Factor wannabe is an ex-con
Singer Derry Mensah did time for robbery
Read More: The Sun

X Factor Frankie is a cheeky liar, say girls behind the names of his sleazy tattoo
It was the moment that confirmed this year’s X Factor is set to be the sleaziest yet.

Eighteen-year-old Frankie Cocozza bared his bottom to the nation to expose the tattooed names of seven girls he claimed were summer conquests.

Now, as the Mail reveals their full identities for the first time, the teenagers have told of their anger. Many of them were forced to call family and boyfriends to reassure them that they had not had sex with the contestant.
Read more: The Daily Mail

Cheryl Cole’s choreographer Elizabeth Honan to replace Brian Friedman on X Factor UK
The choreographer behind Cheryl Cole’s infamous Fight For This Love dance routine will join The X Factor this year as the show’s creative director. Elizabeth Honan will replace Brian Friedman on the show, with the former jetting off stateside to work on the new American version of the show.

Read more: XF Tellymix

X Factor’s Louis Walsh fumes as he’s forced to say NO to Adele and YES to Sinitta
X Factor judge Louis Walsh is seething after boss Simon Cowell “lumbered” him with Sinitta as a mentor – instead of Adele.

Louis had been over the moon when he was initially set to be paired with the 23-year-old Brit soul sensation for the judges’ houses stage of the show.

But he was furious when at the last minute Cowell decided to replace the Someone Like You singer with his pal Sinitta, 42.

Louis is also angry at being overlooked as head judge on the new-look panel, despite being the only original member.
Read more: The Sunday Mirror

X Factor 2011: Beyonce joins Kelly Rowland for ‘judges’ houses’ stage
Show bosses have landed another sensational coup – hiring pop superstar Beyonce as a guest mentor to the contestants.

The former Destiny’s Child star will shoot scenes for the hit ITV1 show in two weeks with ex bandmate Kelly Rowland during the judges’ houses stage in Miami.
Read more: The Sunday Mirror

Gary Barlow’s a-head of the X Factor judges
IT won’t make Louis Walsh happy, but Gary Barlow has officially been crowned Head Judge.

Veteran Louis insists he should have the top job, but the Xtra Factor’s Olly Murs and Caroline Flack handed the accolade to the Take That man.
Read more: The Sun

X Factor veteran Louis tells upstart young judge Barlow: New Simon Cowell? No, Gary – you’re the tubby one from Take That
Until now it’s been the women at war on The X Factor, pitted against each other over everything from their designer dresses to their perfectly teased hair.

But finally the men are getting in on the act, with veteran judge Louis Walsh taking the first swipe at newcomer Gary Barlow, branding him ‘the tubby one from Take That’.

And in a further shot across the bows, Walsh, the show’s longest-serving judge, said Barlow – tipped as Simon Cowell’s replacement on the show – still has a lot to learn before he can become head judge.
Read more: The Daily Mail

Gary Barlow: Cheryl Cole persuaded me to do X Factor
The Take That star has admitted he had a full and frank heart-to-heart with Chezza after she was released from the US version of the programme.

Gary, 40, said: “She really told it to me like the TV company hadn’t told it to me.

“She told me how long the audition days would be, and the frustrating times, and what was difficult and what wasn’t. She was offering everything I needed to know so I could make a decision on whether I wanted to do it. It was very sweet of her.”Hmmm, perhaps it was the “long days” and “frustrations” which kept Cheryl, 28, away from the British X Factor.
Read more: The Sunday Mirror

X Factor’s Gary Barlow: I’m so sick of Adele tunes
X FACTOR judge Gary Barlow has told Adele he is fed up of her songs after so many contestants have murdered them. The Take That star said: “This year has been all Adele, we’re sick of Adele.

“She came to one of our Wembley Shows and I said to her, ‘I’ve got to be honest, I’m really sick of your album, because it’s all that’s been played at X Factor’. But she understood. And Lady Gaga, we’ve really had enough of them two.”
Read more: The Sun

Cheryl Cole is moving into Will.i.am’s Hollywood home
Cheryl Cole is moving into manager Will.i.am’s Hollywood home as she makes a fresh bid to crack America.

Cheryl, 28, is fed up with living out of suitcases at LA hotels so she plans to stay in a wing of Will’s luxury house as she works on a new album and scenes for her debut film.
Read more: The Sunday Mirror

At least Jedward can say the first time they touched a bra was in the sauna with a glamour model
When Jedward boast to their mates that they finally got their hands on a bra during a steamy sauna session with a celebrity booby model in fancy dress, it’ll sound a hell of a lot sexier than it actually was.
Read more: The Sunday Mirror

Based on a hunch and an untried formula – and with so much at stake – why Red Or Black? Is Simon Cowell’s biggest gamble yet
Next week, Britain’s most expensive game show – involving celebrities, daredevil stunts and a cast of thousands – will give seven contestants the chance to win £1 million each by making a simple choice…
Read more: The Daily Mail

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Sunday’s Official Charts – Reality TV Takes Over

X Factor UK season 6 runner up and this year’s The Xtra Factor host Olly Murs has #1 single in the UK this week. “Heart Skips A Beat (feat. Rizzle Kicks)” debuts at he top of the chart ahead of Calvin Harris’ “Feel So Close”. This is Olly’s second #1 single. The Official Charts Company reports Olly’s single sold over 100K copies this week. Will Young, the original Idol, debuts at #5 with his single “Jealousy”. JLS with “She Makes Me Wanna (feat. Dev)” are #14 this week and Cher Lloyd‘s “Swagger Jagger” is #19. David Guetta debuts at #36 with “Night Of Your Life (feat. Jennifer Hudson)”.

Will Young‘s Echoes is #1 album in the UK this week. This is Will’s third #1 album. You can find more about Will’s chart history HERE.
Joe McElderry, the winner of X Factor UK season 6 and Popstar to Operastar 2011, is #2 with his sophomore album Classic. Joe’s debut pop album “Wide Awake” was released on 25 October 2010 and debuted at #3. “Classic” is an album of covers. “Solitaire”, anyone? Olly Murs‘ 2x Platinum debut album climbs back to #32.

Source: The Official Charts Company

Olly Murs – Heart Skips a Beat ft. Rizzle Kicks