X Factor Mentors to duet with their acts on Saturday! TOP 3 return to their hometowns. JLS and One Direction to form a supergroup for XF final? Westlife confirm their X Factor Final appearance.
Westlife tweeted they will be performing on the X Factor this Sunday. This will be their final appearance on the hit show because the band is splitting up next year. Other confirmed guests: Coldplay, Leona Lewis, Michael Buble, JLS, One Direction.
Last resort! Gary Barlow, Kelly Rowland and Tulisa to duet with their acts during X Factor final after failing to secure big names
- Coldplay turned down option to duet with one of the final acts
- Tulisa has said she will ‘become a member of Little Mix’ as she takes to the X Factor stage for the first time
- Odds on Marcus Collins slashed following news of duet with superstar mentor Gary
- Text voting has been suspended due to the shorter cut-off period for votes
Read more: The Daily Mail
Smiling through the stress: Amelia Lily puts Fix Factor claims behind her as she returns to Middlesborough ahead of show final
More rumours emerged yesterday that The X Factor is a fix after Amelia Lily’s ‘winner’s single’ was made available for pre-order on HMV’s website.
But the 17-year-old singer decided to put the scandal behind her today as she returned to her hometown of Middlesborough ahead of the show final this weekend.
Dressed in a tight black dress with a pink faux fur coat to match her pale pink hair, Amelia looked delighted as she caught up with her former classmates at Teeside High School and treated them to a quick performance in the school hall.
Read more: The Daily Mail
Welcome home! X Factor’s Marcus Collins returns to Liverpool where he’s joined by mentor Gary Barlow
He’s come a long way since he left Liverpool to find fame and fortune on The X Factor and it was emphasised even more when he returned to the city just days before the live final on Wednesday.
The 23-year-old was given the star treatment making a grand entrance at his old school in a helicopter and greeted by screaming fans.
And later in the day the singer’s mentor, Gary Barlow, popped round to meet the family and have an obligatory cup of tea.
Read more: The Daily Mail
Homecoming take two: It’s on to South Shields for Little Mix as they do the rounds of the girls’ hometowns
All of the X Factor contestants are heading off this week to rile up some hometown support ahead of this weekend’s final.
But girl group Little Mix are having to put in four times the legwork, making their way around the country to greet each of their friends and families.
After paying a visit to Jesy Nelson’s hometown of Romford, Essex, yesterday, the group and their mentor Tulisa travelled up north yesterday to South Shields.
Read more: The Daily Mail
One Direction and JLS form X Factor supergroup
X FACTOR bosses are serving up a unique treat for this weekend’s final – a SUPERGROUP of One Direction and JLS.
TV Biz can reveal that Britain’s two biggest boy bands — sorry, Gary! — have been secretly working in the studio together on a “mash-up” of two of their biggest tunes.
1D and JLS — who both got their big breaks on X Factor — have been fusing their respective hits, What Makes You Beautiful and She Makes Me Wanna.
A show source said: “It’s no secret that 1D and JLS have been booked for the final — but we’re ratcheting things up a notch. The lads thought it would be a great idea if they all did a song together.
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Spot the spot: X Factor’s biggest talking point is Kelly Rowland’s migrating beauty mole!
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‘I will babysit and change a diaper or two and then give it back:’ Kelly Rowland’s not feeling broody over Beyonce’s baby
She spilled the beans last month that BFF Beyoncé is having a baby girl.
And Kelly Rowland plans on putting in plenty of baby-sitting hours to make up for it. But the impending birth of her old band mate’s daughter isn’t make her broody.
When asked in the January issue of Marie Claire magazine whether she is feeling the pull of motherhood, the 30-year-old insists: ‘No. I will babysit and change a diaper or two, and then give it back.’
Read more: The Daily Mail
So it IS true! One Direction singer Harry Styles, 17, leaves Xtra Factor host Caroline Flack’s home after sleepover
Actions speak louder than words; and while neither party has confirmed if they are dating, Harry Styles’ walk of shame today insinuated they are.
The One Direction singer was seen leaving Caroline Flack’s home this morning at 9.30am, looking dishevelled and with scruffier hair than usual.
Caroline later emerged at 11.30am with a ‘like it or lump it’ smile, implying she has no intention of listening to her critics and ending the romance.
Read more: The Daily Mail
‘We have a lot of fun together… what’s wrong with that?: Unrepentant cougar Caroline Flack defends her relationship with teenage One Direction star Harry Styles
Caroline Flack has defended her relationship with 17-year-old One Direction singer Harry Styles.
The 32-year-old appeared on ITV’s Daybreak alongside her Xtra Factor co-host Olly Murs this morning, where she blushed as she spoke about the new romance.
Giggling, Caroline told Dan Lobb and Kate Garraway: ‘He’s really nice and we have a lot of fun together so what’s wrong with that?’
Read more: The Daily Mail
X Factor’s Gamu back to busking on the street… but it’s all for a good cause
She shot to fame after her star appearance – and subsequent controversial dismissal – from the X Factor.
So, when Gamu Nhengu went busking on the streets of Glasgow yesterday, you might have supposed she would be keen on a return to the talent show.
But the singer, who recently won an immigration fight to be allowed to stay with her family in Scotland, claimed going back to the hit ITV programme would be a backward step.
Read more: The Daily Mail
‘I don’t give a s*** what anyone thinks… I like what I wear’: Cheryl Cole hits back at her fashion critics
She was much ridiculed by fashion followers for THAT infamous X Factor USA outfit, but Cheryl Cole says she doesn’t give a hoot what anyone else thinks.
‘I’m not being funny, but everybody else started wearing orange and purple. It’s a fact. I love those trousers.
‘I don’t give a s*** if everybody else didn’t like them,’ the 28-year-old said in an interview with the Telegraph today.
Read more: The Daily Mail
