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    • 'Why sign up?': X Factor viewers turn on absent Robbie Williams
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      Laura Hannam

      'Why sign up?': X Factor viewers turn on absent Robbie Williams

      Williams didn't judge the show for a third week running.

    • 'X Factor' suffers lowest ratings in its history
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      Laura Hannam

      'X Factor' suffers lowest ratings in its history

      The once hallmark ITV show has reached an all time ratings low.

    • 'X Factor': Outrage as early favourites eliminated
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      Laura Hannam

      'X Factor': Outrage as early favourites eliminated

      Even Simon Cowell admitted he was 'embarrassed for the show.'

    • 'X Factor': Viewers left unimpressed by guest judge Nile Rodgers
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      Laura Hannam

      'X Factor': Viewers left unimpressed by guest judge Nile Rodgers

      Robbie Williams was absent for the second time, and viewers weren't thrilled with his stand-in.

    • 'X Factor' boys: Sound issues are technical not sabotage (Exclusive)
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      Laura Hannam

      'X Factor' boys: Sound issues are technical not sabotage (Exclusive)

      The X Factor boys open up about technical glitches and reveal which past winners have reached out.

    • Is this year's 'X Factor' cursed?
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      Laura Hannam

      Is this year's 'X Factor' cursed?

      We round up ten of X Factor's most shocking gaffes and fails so far.

    • 'X Factor' United Vibe: 'We're not changing our name!'
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      Laura Hannam

      'X Factor' United Vibe: 'We're not changing our name!'

      The boy band let us know why they're sticking to their name and share some of their favourite fan stories.

    • Nile Rodgers to fill in for Robbie Williams on 'The X Factor' this weekend
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      Ben Arnold

      Nile Rodgers to fill in for Robbie Williams on 'The X Factor' this weekend

      Chic legend Nile Rodgers will be drafted in to replace Robbie Williams on the X Factor judging panel this weekend.

    • 'X Factor': Fans and judges divided over rocker's 'nutty' take on Britney classic
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      Laura Hannam

      'X Factor': Fans and judges divided over rocker's 'nutty' take on Britney classic

      Overs Giovanni Spano gave a very unusual rendition of '...Baby One More Time.'

    • Olly Murs 'not on speaking terms' with Simon Cowell after turning down 'The X Factor'
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      Ben Arnold

      Olly Murs 'not on speaking terms' with Simon Cowell after turning down 'The X Factor'

      Olly Murs has revealed that he's 'not on speaking terms' with Simon Cowell after he turned down a spot on the X Factor judging panel.

    • Ayda Field says she narrowly lost out on 'highest-paid actress in television' role
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      Laura Hannam

      Ayda Field says she narrowly lost out on 'highest-paid actress in television' role

      Ayda Field talks struggling acting days before marrying Robbie Williams.

    • 'X Factor' contestant suffers major live blunder
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      Laura Hannam

      'X Factor' contestant suffers major live blunder

      Overs contestant Danny Tetley victim of unfortunate on-air gaffe.

    • 'X Factor': Overs defend Ayda Field as the 'real deal' (exclusive)
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      Laura Hannam

      'X Factor': Overs defend Ayda Field as the 'real deal' (exclusive)

      Livin' Joy's Janice Robinson even says she would put 'making an album' in Ayda Field's hands.

    • Gary Barlow praises Robbie Williams and Ayda Field for surrogate child
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      Laura Hannam

      Gary Barlow praises Robbie Williams and Ayda Field for surrogate child

      Gary Barlow praises the X Factor judge couple, calls Williams a 'changed man.'

    • 'X Factor': Emotional Louis Tomlinson secures place for 'friend' in live finals
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      'X Factor': Emotional Louis Tomlinson secures place for 'friend' in live finals

      'X Factor': Judge Louis Tomlinson brakes down after putting his friend through to the live finals stage.

    • 'X Factor': Guest judge David Walliams takes digs at both Simon Cowell and Robbie Williams
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      Laura Hannam

      'X Factor': Guest judge David Walliams takes digs at both Simon Cowell and Robbie Williams

      David Walliams couldn't help but promote Britain's Got Talent and slate Simon Cowell on tonight's X Factor.

    • 'X Factor': Fans slam Simon Cowell for rule change and dropping Georgia Burgess
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      Laura Hannam

      'X Factor': Fans slam Simon Cowell for rule change and dropping Georgia Burgess

      A major rules shake-up and a shock elimination perplexed X Factor fans tonight.

    • 'X Factor': Viewers stunned as eliminated contestant refuses to leave and splits his trousers
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      Laura Hannam

      'X Factor': Viewers stunned as eliminated contestant refuses to leave and splits his trousers

      X Factor viewers were left divided in opinion after Thomas Pound refused to leave the stage.

    • Howard Stern claims Sharon Osbourne was 'paid off' to keep 'X Factor' row quiet
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      Ben Arnold

      Howard Stern claims Sharon Osbourne was 'paid off' to keep 'X Factor' row quiet

      Howard Stern has claimed that Sharon Osbourne was 'paid off' in order to leave The X Factor 'and keep her mouth shut'.

    • 'X Factor': Judges left horrified as boys category hopeful falls off the stage
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      'X Factor': Judges left horrified as boys category hopeful falls off the stage

      X Factor boys category hopeful, Tommy Ludford leaves the judges, including mentor Louis Tomlinson, horrified after falling backwards off the stage.

    • 'X Factor': Judges Ayda Field and Louis Tomlinson break down in tears
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      Laura Hannam

      'X Factor': Judges Ayda Field and Louis Tomlinson break down in tears

      This heartfelt audition caused these X Factor judges to weep.

    • 'X Factor': Was this the most awkward audition ever?
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      Laura Hannam

      'X Factor': Was this the most awkward audition ever?

      This auditionee appeared to confuse X Factor with the Chippendales.

    • Trans X Factor contestant says he's not offended in Robbie Williams row
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      Ben Arnold

      Trans X Factor contestant says he's not offended in Robbie Williams row

      Felix Shepherd, the trans contestant who appeared on this weekend instalment of The X Factor, has said that he's not offended by Robbie Williams questions about his former name.

    • 'X Factor': Viewers criticise Robbie Williams for asking transgender singer his birth name
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      Laura Hannam

      'X Factor': Viewers criticise Robbie Williams for asking transgender singer his birth name

      Some X Factor viewers have accused Robbie Williams of being insensitive towards a transgender singer.

    • New series of 'The X Factor' gets lowest ratings since the show's launch
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      Ben Arnold

      New series of 'The X Factor' gets lowest ratings since the show's launch

      The new series of The X Factor has pulled in the lowest ratings since the show first launched in 2004. An average of 5.7 million people tuned in to see the 15th series of Simon Cowell’s talent show, compared to 6 million tuning in to last year’s series, reports the Daily Mirror. The drop comes despite the introduction of a brand new judging panel for this series, including One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson, Robbie Williams and Williams’ wife Ayda Field joining Cowell.