X Factor UK Headlines for 10/01/17

Little Mix are teasing new music.

Niall Horan Reveals The Tracklist Of Debut LP, ‘Flicker’
Niall Horan unveiled the tracklist of his much-anticipated debut LP, Flicker, on social media last night (September 21). The 10-track album includes the Irishman’s three hit singles — “This Town,” “Slow Hands” and “Too Much To Ask” — as well as his previously-announced collaboration with country superstar Maren Morris. (She is also the support act on his upcoming North American Tour). The 24-year-old is also releasing a deluxe edition with three additional tracks if you’re hungry for more.
Read more: Idolator

10-year journey: Niall Horan on going from singing in his bedroom to performing for millions
Niall Horan has spent a sizable chunk of the past 10 years as one-fifth of the world’s biggest boyband. Maybe you’ve heard of them. Now he’s finding his own way as a solo artist.
My life is the polar opposite of what it was before. I live half and half between London and LA. Last year I think I spent less than six days in Ireland, which is nuts. I spent the first 16 years of my life there and now I can barely do a week.

In the band, we’d play to thousands of screaming fans in some of the biggest venues in the world. Now everything’s more intimate; I just played Shepherd’s Bush [Empire]; brilliant venue, I could see every face in the room. It was magic. There was still screaming, mind.
Read more: Shortlist

nside Harry Styles’ Intimate First Solo Tour
Music director Tom Hull reveals how the One Direction star is launching a new phase of his career with help from a versatile live band
Just a half hour before doors open for Harry Styles’ first show of his debut solo tour, San Francisco’s Masonic is completely empty. Band and crew members are buzzing backstage, including Styles himself, not yet wearing the snazzy Gucci suit he would be seen sporting onstage just hours later.

Outside, more than 3,000 fans wait to see the 23-year-old perform in one of the smallest venues they may ever catch him in. They’re decked out in a variety of homemade merchandise as well as florals and pinks, a tribute to the singer’s fashion and album aesthetic.
Read more: Rolling Stone

Watch Harry Styles’ Evocative Take on Little Big Town’s ‘Girl Crush’
Pop singer’s solo tour hits Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium
Harry Styles breezed into Nashville for a date on his recently launched solo tour Monday night, telling the Ryman Auditorium crowd – populated mostly by girls and young women in full singing (and screaming) voice, “I have to say, when we booked this tour, this was kind of the reason. This room. And it is beautiful, and you look fabulous, so thank you.”

The British pop star, who came to prominence as a member of boy band One Direction, has shown genuine affection for country music, with his tastes running the gamut from Shania Twain to Keith Whitley. While his set included all 10 tunes from his self-titled solo debut, released in May, Styles also gave an affectionate and well-received nod to one of the biggest Nashville-based hits of the past several years: Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush,” calling it “one of my favorite songs recently that’s come out of this place.”
Read more: Rolling Stone

‘Besotted’ Harry Styles appears to CONFIRM his romance with Victoria’s Secret Angel Camille Rowe as the star is spotted carrying her bag with his bandaged hand during LA outing
Since July, there have been relentless rumours that he’s dating model Camille Rowe – with talk only heightening when she was spotted one of his gigs last week.
And Harry Styles, 23, appeared to all but confirm his romance with the Victoria’s Secret Angel over the weekend, when he was spotted enjoying a low-key outing to a Los Angeles restaurant with the 27-year-old blonde beauty.
A fan took to Twitter to share a snapshot of the photogenic twosome walking through their eatery of choice, with Harry using a bandaged hand to carry her patterned bag as she appeared to have his striped sweater draped over her.
Read more: Daily Mail

Little Mix on Collaboration With CNCO: ‘It Was So Much Fun Singing in Spanish’
Little Mix’s remix of CNCO’s “Reggaetón Lento” has been racking up insane numbers on YouTube since its release. Backstage at this year’s iHeartRadio Festival, the British girl group broke down exactly how that collaboration came to be.

“We noticed that they had billions of views on that song — and we love it, it’s such a bop,” Perrie Edwards explains. “Our Latin label came to us with an idea: ‘How do you feel about collaborating with CNCO?’ We heard the song and we had to make the song our own as well. It was just so much fun singing in Spanish. We love learning other languages.”
Read more: Billboard

Little Mix say we can expect to hear new music from them very soon
The group are working hard on the follow-up to their hugely successful Glory Days album.
We’re not sure where Little Mix have found the time, but they’ve assured us that more new music is on its way very soon.

Between releasing four albums in five years and their non-stop touring across the world (their 37-date UK arena tour kicks off next month), Jesy, Perrie, Jade and Leigh-Anne have been back in the studio working on the follow-up to last year’s chart-topping Glory Days album.
Read more: The Official Charts

Leigh-Anne Pinnock flaunts her cleavage in racy lace-up crop-top at her glittering 26th birthday bash… as bandmate Perrie Edwards parties the night away after mystery illness
They were recently forced to perform as a trio after Perrie Edwards was rushed to hospital with a ‘gastric problem’.
And Little Mix looked delighted to be reunited as they put on a very glamorous display at a London club to celebrate Leigh-Anne Pinnock’s 26th birthday on Saturday night.
The birthday girl made sure all eyes were on her as she flaunted her pert cleavage in a racy lace-up snakeskin print crop-top, which also showcased her envy-inducing abs and tiny waist.
Read more: Daily Mail

Busty Jesy Nelson flaunts her envy-inducing abs in glittering bralet as she’s spotted packing on the PDA with new beau Harry James for the first time at Leigh-Anne Pinnock’s birthday
They first set tongues wagging about a possible romance in July and appear to have gone from strength-to-strength since.
And Jesy Nelson sizzled as she was spotted for the first time packing on the PDA with new boyfriend Harry James at her Little Mix bandmate Leigh-Anne Pinnock’s 26th birthday bash in London on Saturday.
The Touch hitmaker, 26, was clearly dressed to impress for her night out on the town with her handsome beau, flashing her ample assets and envy-inducing abs in a tiny glittering bralet.
Read more: Daily Mail

‘It would be pure sex with no emotions’: James Arthur reveals Rita Ora fling turned him into ‘a s**g’… as he confesses to drug-fuelled trysts with up to three glamour models a DAY
James Arthur has discussed how his alleged affair with Rita Ora impacted his life, as he revealed he ‘turned into a s**g’ following the torrid romance.
The 29-year-old X Factor winner, who reigned victorious on the show in 2012, spoke to The Sun about his battle with addiction which led to his reels of romps with hundreds of women after he was left ‘heartbroken’ by the songstress.
After first revealing their romance in a shock freestyle rap in 2013, he finally revealed last year: ‘Me and Rita were seeing each other on-and-off for a few months’, however he admits the end of the relationship culminated in a host of issues for the singer.
Read more: Daily Mail

Touching moment Union J heartthrob JJ Hamblett’s three-year-old son takes his first steps after second round of ‘life-changing ‘ brain surgery
This is the sweet moment Union J heartthrob JJ Hamblett’s three-year-old son took his first steps after having his second brain surgery.
A video shows Princeton J Alexander walking towards his mother, Caterina Lopez.
The little boy was recently diagnosed with a rare brain condition although the singer and his girfriend have not revealed the root cause of his illness.
In the adorable one-minute clip, a nurse helps to hold Princeton upright as Caterina encourages him to come towards her.
Read more: Daily Mail

Nicole Scherzinger flaunts her slender pins in shimmering rose gold playsuit as she larks about with X Factor winner Matt Terry at fragrance launch in London
She never puts a fashion foot wrong while attending red carpet events or appearing on as a judge on X Factor.
And Nicole Scherzinger, 39, continued her style tricks as she sizzled in a rose gold playsuit while launching her new fragrance, Chosen, at London’s Westfield Stratford on Tuesday.
Showcasing her sensational figure, the Poison hitmaker was joined by an extra special guest and winner of the X Factor 2016 Matt Terry for the exclusive event.
Read more: Daily Mail

‘He admitted he was a drug user’: X Factor hopeful Anthony Russell makes shock exit from the ITV talent show to concentrate on tackling ‘personal issues’
He wowed the judges and viewers of X Factor alike as he belted out an emotional rendition of Julia Michaels’ Issues.
Despite his endearing performance, it has been revealed that show hopeful Anthony Russell has withdrawn from the series after he admitted to taking drugs.
The Liverpudlian – who was dubbed Skippy by judge Sharon Osbourne – memorably showed up to the audition with a black eye after he was attacked by gang following one of his gigs.
Read more: Daily Mail

‘I thought they were fans’: Shocking footage reveals the moment X Factor hopeful Anthony Russell was attacked by thugs… as he leaves ITV talent show amid ‘drug scandal’
X Factor hopeful Anthony Russell has spoken about being assaulted just before he auditioned for the show.
The 27-year-old Liverpudlian – who auditioned with a black eye – was attacked by thugs in a moment captured on camera.
Anthony first appeared on the ITV talent contest in 2007 as a fresh-faced teenager, and blew the judges away this year with his rendition of Julia Michaels’ Issues – but he has since left the show after he admitted to taking drugs.
Read more: Daily Mail

X Factor faces new ‘drugs scandal’ as Aidan Martin reveals he was arrested for stealing rugby star’s credit card after his cocaine habit ‘spiralled’
The X Factor is facing a fresh scandal after a second contestant admitted to taking drugs.
Aidan Martin – who auditioned over the weekend – has revealed how he hit rock bottom following a failed stint on the show in 2008, when his spiralling cocaine habit led to him using a credit card stolen from rugby union legend Lawrence Dallaglio.
After auditioning for the show a decade ago, the singer admits he fell into the ‘wrong crowd’ and began regularly using drugs to ‘excess’.
Read more: Daily Mail

X Factor’s greatest YES! Favourite Sam Black stuns judges as he proposes to his girlfriend after a performance
It’s the television show where contestants are desperate for Simon Cowell to say ‘Yes’.
But for X Factor favourite Sam Black, it was his girlfriend, Emma Smith, who uttered the word that put a smile on his face after he astonished the judging panel by proposing to her following a performance.
Plasterer Sam, 27, from the Isle of Man, left judges Nicole Scherzinger and Sharon Osbourne on the verge of tears as Emma, 24, said ‘Yes’.
She told The Mail on Sunday: ‘It was one big shock, it was the last thing I was expecting. I was completely overwhelmed.
Read more: Daily Mail

‘She looks like a descendant of an Oompa Loompa!’ Make-up artist Scarlett Lee tickles X Factor viewers with her VERY orange tan… yet wins over Simon with her divisive vocals
While she was undoubtedly hoping her voice would get the nation talking – sadly it was her cosmetics routine that set tongues wagging and fingers tweeting.
X Factor hopeful Scarlett Lee caused a stir on Saturday night when her deep mahogany tan was met with a barrage of comments from viewers who were stunned not only at her make-up but also her job – as a make-up artist.
Aside from her visage, the 19-year-old’s vocals caught the judges eyes and ears as Simon Cowell told the aspiring star: ‘I like you as a person. I like parts of your voice and there’s parts of your voice I literally can’t bear.’
Read more: Daily Mail

SPOILER ALERT: Bootcamp heartache for X Factor hopefuls as Simon Cowell splits up brother singing duo ITG
He’s notorious for doing whatever it takes to find the perfect popstar.
And Simon Cowell has proved that even family does not get in the way of a competition, after splitting up brothers singing duo ITG.
Simon made the decision during this year’s X Factor Bootcamp, in scenes set to air on ITV this weekend.
Read more: Daily Mail

Cheryl, 34, ‘REPLACES Sinitta, 53, at X Factor Judges’ Houses’… after Simon Cowell’s BFF warned ‘perfect’ popstar to ‘stay in her lane’
Cheryl has reportedly replaced Sinitta at this year’s X Factor Judges’ Houses – and the So Macho singer is allegedly not happy.
The 53-year-old was usually by show boss Simon Cowell’s side while he choice his acts – but Sinitta has been overlooked again as he prepares to head to the south of France for the segment.
It’s the third year in a row that Sinitta has been replaced by other pop acts and she is thought to be furious.
Read more: Daily Mail

Could The X Factor be moving from prime-time? Sources claim ITV are ‘focusing on where the best slot is’… after losing ratings battle with Strictly Come Dancing
The Saturday night battle between the two shows has been raging on for thirteen years.
And telly experts are now claiming that The X Factor should move from its prime-time slot to avoid a clash with Strictly Come Dancing, after drawing in half of the viewers last week.
The ITV series is airing at 8pm as normal this week, but an ITV source simply told MailOnline they are ‘focusing on the show’ and ‘where the best slot is’ for the programme’.
Read more: Daily Mail

Catfight! Louis Walsh SLAMS ‘jealous’ Deeley for branding the X Factor ‘boring’… as he insists the star ‘would love to be hosting the show’
She’s set to make a return to UK TV this Friday after a decade of success in the US, with an A Capella singing competition show.
But Cat Deeley has come under fire by Louis Walsh, after she branded The X Factor ‘boring’.
The Irish judge, 65, claimed the British expat was merely jealous of the ITV series’ success, and questioned whether her comments actually came from a desire of hers to host the show.
Read more: Daily Mail


The Official Charts
Singles
1 Sam Smith – Too Good At Goodbyes
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4 Camila Cabello – Havana (feat. Young Thug)
5 CNCO & Little Mix – Reggaeton Lento (Remix)
7 ZAYN – Dusk Till Dawn (feat. Sia)
20 Louis Tomlinson – Back To You (feat. Bebe Rexha & DFA)
39 Niall Horan – Too Much To Ask
41 Rudimental – Sun Comes Up (feat. James Arthur)
48 Enrique Iglesias – Subeme La Radio (feat. Sean Paul & Matt Terry)
51 Little Mix – Power (feat. Stormzy)
61 Liam Payne – Strip That Down (feat. Quavo)
64 Niall Horan – Slow Hands
92 Camila Cabello – Crying in the Club
91 Kelly Clarkson – Piece By Piece
93 Major Lazer – Know No Better (feat. Travis Scott & Camila Cabello & Quavo)

Albums
1 The Killers – Wonderful Wonderful
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17 Little Mix – Glory Days
41 Harry Styles – Harry Styles

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