The X Factor

The X Factor is a British emission of TV-hook in the line of Pop Idol (Nouvelle Star in France). It is diffused Saturday evening on the chain ITV with the the United Kingdom and on TV3 in Ireland. The emission is produced by FremantleMedia and the production company of Simon Cowell, SYCOtv. The title refers to small something indefinable which makes the talent of a star.

The X Factor is the greatest competition of the kind in Europe, with 200.000 hearings at the time of the fourth season. The winner gains a price of 1.000.000 £ as well as a contract with a recording company to record an album (in addition to one incumbent income to publicity for those which reach the final stages). There were for the moment three winners: Steve Brookstein, Shayne Ward and Leona Lewis. Gaining fourth edition will be known in the month of December 2007.

The X Factor was set up to replace the emission at success Pop Idol , which was put in stand-by for one indefinite duration after the second season, mainly because Simon Cowell wanted to launch this program of which it held the rights. The great similarities between the two programs were the subject of a legal disagreement besides.

The X Factor is credited as being more big competition discoverer of talent of all times in the United Kingdom, more especially as it was the first not to fix a limiting age maximum to take part (the minimum age was 16 years, and today it is 14 years). This program proved to be extremely popular, the final of season 3 cumulating more than 8 million votes and 12,6 million televiewers.

Various versions of The X Factor made their appearance in good number of other countries.

Seasons

The first season of The X Factor began in September 2004 to finish in December 2004. From its immense success, one second season was thus envisaged, this one proceeded August in December 2005. An special edition with celebrities, Battle off the Stars was diffused from May in June 2006. The third season, sponsored with the manufacturer of cellphone Nokia, begin on August 19th, 2006 and enclosed on December 16th, 2006. The fourth edition was diffused starting from August 18th, 2007. The emission is the contract object of three more years with the chain ITV , which means that it extends until a seventh season, that up to 2010.

Its producer, creator and judge, Simon Cowell, cancelled the contract binding the emission with his Nokia sponsor, and on June 19th, 2007, it was confirmed that it would be the retailer of cellphone The Carphone Warehouse, former sponsor of Big Brother, which would be the new sponsor of season 4.

Jury and presenters

Season 1 to the 3, the jury was composed of Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh.

After a few months of various speculations concerning casting, it was finally confirmed in June 2007 that the members of the jury of the fourth season would be Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne, Louis Walsh and Dannii Minogue, with the presence of Brian Friedman as a coach and choreographer. Sharon Osbourne declared that it would not take part in next season 5 if the winner of this year did not come from his category. This business was refuted by official voice - a spokesperson of ITV confirmed that the contract of Sharon Osbourne did not finish before 2009. However, that of Dannii Minogue is not expected that until season 5.

Until the third season, the emission was animated by Kate Thornton. It was replaced by Dermot O' Leary which signed a contract of 1 £ million to present two seasons. However, O' Leary was not constrained to give up the frankness Big Brother and it continued to present it during the summer 2007.

Course of the emission

The program rests primarily on the identification of a talent in song, although appearance, the personality, the scenic presence and the dance belong to the elements major for the spectacle. Certain participants can be accompanied by a guitar or a piano, but that remains rare. What the jury seeks before all is a potential to be sold near many people liking the music pop ]. For the first three seasons, the compétion was cut out in three categories: groups (including the duets), the old singers solo from 16 to 24 years, and the singers solo 25 years old and more. For the fourth season, the age limits was descended from 16 to 14 years, thus creating a group for the 14-24 years. It was divided into two by separating the boys from the girls, thus there are from now on four groups on the whole: boys from 14 to 24 years (" servant boys), girls from 14 to 24 years (" girls"), 25 and more, and groups. There are four stages in the competition: * 1 {{era}} stage: hearings * 2 {{E}} stage: the camp of drive * 3 {{E}} stage: visits in the house of the judges * 4 {{E}} stage: services on the plate ==Juges by catégorie== {| class=" wikitable" |- ! Judge!! Season 1!! Season 2!! Season 3!! Season 4 |- align=" center" ! Simon Cowell | more than 25 years | groups | 16-24 years | groups |- align=" center" ! Sharon Osbourne | 16-24 years | more than 25 years | more than 25 years | girls |- align=" center" ! Louis Walsh | groups | 16-24 years | groups | more than 25 years |- align=" center" ! Dannii Minogue | - | - | - | boys |} ==Différends on the rights of the émission== [[Simon Fuller]], the creator of '' Pop Idol '', claimed that the format of '' The X Factor '' was a copy of its personal program, and, via its company 19 TV, it deposited a complaint against FremantleMedia, the producer of '' The X Factor '', Simon Cowell and his companies Simco and Syco. In November 2005, the high court of London began hearings of the plaintiffs, and the result is awaited with interest by lawyers of the media concerned for his potential effect on the legal situation concerning the copyright of the format. However, the audience was quickly deferred and an out-of-court settlement was concluded at the end from the month. ==Euro X Factor== It was revealed in the newspaper [[The Daily Mirror]] of December 9th, 2006 that Simon Cowell intended to launch a " Euro X Factor" within two years. The emission, if she were born, would bring together all the prizes winner of the European editions. The concept is similar to that of '' World Idol '' or of [[Eurovision]], with the difference which the emission would last several weeks until the elimination of all the candidates until there remains only one about it. Such an emission could generate audiences records of more than 100 million televiewers per episode, which would make of it more big competition of talent in the world. ==DVDs== * '' The X Factor: The Greatest Hearings Ever '', November 28th, 2005 * '' The X Factor: Revealed '', December 4th, 2006 ==Liens externes== * [http://www.itv.com/xfactor Official site] * [http://www.myspace.com/thexfactoruk MySpace official] {{Gate television}} [[Category: Emission of tele reality with play|X Factor, The]] [[Cs: X Factor]] [[of: The X Factor (Castingshow)]] [[in: The X Factor (TV series)]] [[be: Factor X (televisión programmed)]] [[ja: X ファクター (テレビ番組)]] [[nl: X Factor]] [[sv: The X Factor (TV-series)]] [[zh: X Factor

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