The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent, the winner of which receives a recording contract with the Syco Music record label. The seventh series began airing on ITV on 21 August 2010.
The show is presented by Dermot O’Leary, with spin-off show The Xtra Factor hosted by Konnie Huq on ITV2, who took over from Holly Willoughby. The competition is split into several stages: auditions, bootcamp, judges’ houses and live shows. Auditions took place throughout June and July 2010, with Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and Cheryl Cole returning as judges. Special guest judges were brought in to replace Dannii Minogue, who was on maternity leave. Cole missed the auditions in Manchester and bootcamp due to illness. Following bootcamp, successful acts were split into four categories: Boys (male soloists aged 16 to 27), Girls (female soloists aged 16 to 27), Over-28s (soloists aged 28 and over) and Groups. Minogue is due to return for the judges’ houses stage, and each judge will mentor eight acts through judges’ houses. This is the first series of the show to be filmed in high definition, and is simulcast on ITV1 HD and STV HD.
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- Format : Interactive reality talent show
- Created by : Simon Cowell
- Creative director : Brian Friedman
- Broadcast from : 21 August 2010
- Judges : Simon Cowell, Dannii Minogue, Louis Walsh, Cheryl Cole, Various guest judges
- Presenters : Dermot O’Leary (ITV1), Konnie Huq (ITV2)
- Broadcaster : ITV
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