Simon Cowell is struggling to shield his latest X Factor protege from an anti-X Factor Facebook campaign Despite his proficiency in the dark arts of publicity, Simon Cowell is struggling to shield his latest X Factor protege from a new foe: the internet-driven protest waged through a group of relentlessly political, fortysomething California punk-rap-metal-funksters . Joe McElderry may have won ...
Reality show attracts record audience of nearly 14 million, leading night of success for ITV1 The X Factor cemented its reputation as one of UK TV's biggest hits, surging to a record audience of nearly 14 million for the results programme on ITV1 last night, Sunday 1 November. Last night's one-hour programme on ITV1 had 13.9 million viewers for the 8pm hour, a 48% share. The audience peaked at ...
The Pair Looked Happy And Relaxed After Revelations Over Their Rough Past With Kelly
His yacht baby, that is. Which is currently being prepared off the coast of Italy. And not in Lauren Silverman's womb
OAP entertainer set to conquer fear of flying at last when she takes off for charity
Simon Cowell's ITV talent show gave undue prominence to the Corinthia hotel in programme featuring finalist James Arthur When The X Factor's James Arthur was put up in a posh London hotel along with the rest of the talent show's finalists, he was unaccustomed to its five-star luxury. "There's a phone in the toilet!" he told fellow contestant Rylan Clark. But media regulator Ofcom has ruled the ...
Harry And Co Were Reportedly Among The First To Wish Their Boss All The Best
Cheryl Cole was only on the panel as a favour to the X Factor impresario - but even Cowell can't boss a US TV network around Simon Cowell – I was assured – wanted to take Cheryl Cole with him to the States. It was the summer of 2009, and at the time Cowell was in the midst of a series of delicate negotiations aimed ultimately at achieving one thing – getting The X Factor onto a US TV network ...
Simon Cowell thought Lauren Silverman should have her own reality TV show.The 53-year-old mogul - who media production house Syco - is expecting his...
Never Mind the Buzzcocks also plans guest hosts including Alex James and David Walliams The Mighty Boosh star Noel Fielding is to join BBC2 music comedy panel show Never Mind the Buzzcocks as a team captain, along with a string of guest hosts after Simon Amstell announced he was leaving. Fielding will join fellow captain Phill Jupitus on the long-running show when it returns at the end of the ...
Former Westlife star Shane Filan has backed his manager Louis Walsh's decision to step down from The X Factor after 10 years, insisting the music mogul wants to go out on top.
With the show's charity single ready to secure its dominance into 2010, Simon Cowell's chart stranglehold seems complete Six nights ago, 16.6 million people – more than half of those in Britain watching TV at the time – turned their sets to ITV1 to watch three 18-year-olds battle for their places on The X Factor. Since the previous evening's broadcast, an undisclosed number of people – ITV does ...
When we sat down with District 3 to have a little chat, we obviously wanted to discuss all the standard stuff with them like their brand new EP, what their post-X Factor music sounds like and when they're finally going to cave and take their tops off for us - you know, normal things.
But something else we wanted to do was give them a little quiz to find out just how well they know each other - all thanks to a song off their upcoming EP called What You Know About Me. Genius, right?
Well, to say things got serious is a pretty big understatement, because Dan and Greg both had their game faces on, or should that be quzzing hats? Who knows.
Micky was sadly absent from the festivities but that didn't stop the other two from taking full advantage of their ill bandmate when it came to a few slightly... harder questions. And by that we definitely don't mean when we asked them who fancied Zayn Malik in drag the most.
Talks are under way at the Labour Court following an invitation last night to all parties to try to find a solution to the Dublin Bus dispute.
I would look to Sharon Osbourne for a facial expression of comfort but I'd have more chance of Joey Essex explaining to me what Pythagoras theorem is.
Mum Sharon Osbourne's cancer forced Kelly to fight her demons
Controversial rapper is rumoured to be in talks over possible role on American version of hit show As Simon Cowell plots his newest play for music millions, the X Factor boss is reportedly courting Nicki Minaj as a TV judge. The flamboyant MC might be lured away from major label studios and stadium tours to appear with record executive Antonio "LA" Reid on the US edition of The X Factor . It's ...
TV talent shows stand nearly alone in the media as providing positive role models for young men One of Simon Cowell's greatest achievements has yet to receive much recognition. His TV talent shows, The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent, are proving a unique platform for young men to counter media stereotypes of them as thugs and hoodies, as Diversity, the most recent winners of Britain's Got ...
Gary Barlow will reportedly quit The X Factor at the end of this year's run.
The X Factor's ratings blip looks like a trend while Saturday's show loses out, briefly, to BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing It has grown its audience year after year since it first appeared on ITV in 2004 . But the latest series of The X Factor – and the first without Simon Cowell – was about 2 million viewers down on last year's show over the weekend. Saturday's edition of The X Factor averaged 9 ...
Kelly Osbourne claims that her mother, X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne, once had her locked up in a padded cell in hope of curing her drug addiction.
Britain's Got Talent (BGT) boss Simon Cowell plans yacht cruise to forget about fathering child with married American socialite Lauren Silverman
Kelly Osbourne has opened up about her battle against drugs, revealing that her mum Sharon Osbourne once put her in a padded cell to help...
Kelly Osbourne's mother once put her in a padded cell to cure her drug habit.The 28-year-old star is grateful for Sharon Osbourne's determination to...
Sharon Osbourne once locked her daughter Kelly in a padded cell in a desperate bid to scare her into giving up drugs.The 28-year-old reality Tv star...
Louis Walsh has confirmed he will be leaving The X Factor after this season and that he is "happy" with his decision to leave the ever-popular...
Robbie Williams is fancied to replace Louis Walsh on the X Factor judging panel next year, according to Ladbrokes. With Walsh announcing his decision to quit the hot seat after...
Tears, Joke handshakes, water dousing: 'Poor Louis Walsh' moments in pictures.
Simon Cowell has offered a £63million deal, spread over 21 years, to the married socialite who is expecting their child, sources close to the TV tycoon revealed yesterday.
The web of connections between the show Simon Cowell is leaving and the one he plans to start Simon Fuller, who created the Spice Girls and dreamt up Pop Idol , which became American Idol, owns the rights to American Idol and reportedly offered Simon Cowell "Oprah money" to stay on the show, which Cowell rejected. The two worked together on the original Pop Idol series in Britain in 2001 but had ...
His lover may be pregnant, but it seems Simon Cowell will not be playing the doting boyfriend for a little while yet. Pals revealed the X Factor boss is staying away from Lauren Silverman until her messy divorce from furious husband Andrew is finalised.