After another lengthy period of speculation, Fox singing contest The X Factor have announced their judging line-up for season two, choosing the Fox Upfronts event in New York City (USA) to officially reveal their replacements for outgoing female judges Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul. As had long been predicted by the media, it is popstar Britney Spears who [...]

Popular ITV1 singing contest The X Factor have announced the introduction of a number of features taken from last year’s debut of the American version of the franchise on Fox, as they prepare rule changes and new ‘mobile auditions’ for the ninth series in 2012. The implementation of the extra auditions will be seen as a much more [...]

The X Factor USA seems set to fill one of its two vacant judging roles with a big name as originally planned, and while they are not going to spend $100m per series on enticing Beyonce to their show, they are looking prepared to offer popstar Britney Spears $10m to appear on the upcoming second season of the Fox [...]

A couple of years ago, American Idol was the only show that an aspirant popstar from America could enter in an attempt to get realise their dreams in the shortest possible time, but it seems now that there will be no less than four high-profile singing-based reality shows on the major networks, as ABC announced their decision to launch a new spin [...]

It is a well-known fact that Simon Cowell is not afraid to use large sums of cash as an incentive on his reality shows, but it seems as though it is even more true when it comes to encouraging people to sit on a judging table with him. Following the departures from X Factor USA of [...]

Putting a little-known TV presenter from Wales as the face of one of his biggest-ever projects was an eyebrow-raising move from Simon Cowell when he launched X Factor USA last year, but it looks as though it has not paid off, as Steve Jones has confirmed rumours that he will not be returning to the show for series [...]