Dreamgirls fly home after X Factor knock back
The tuneless Dreamgirls have left the UK and flew back to Lithuania, after being turned down by The X Factor judges. Sisters Vaida Raciunaite,

Louis Walsh is proud of JLS
X Factor judge Louis Walsh has said that he is proud of how successful JLS have become, according to reports.

Same Difference's Sarah Smith Tries To Drive
Sean Smith of Same Difference taught her sister and bandmate Sarah to drive in a video at 'The X Factor' duo's MySpace. Check out how Sarah handles the stick

New 'X Factor' draws 10 million viewers
LONDON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The opening show of the sixth season of Britain's "X Factor" drew just under 10 million viewers, easily beating its competition, ratings indicate. ITV1's talent search show easily bested BBC One's "The National Lottery: Guesstimation," which drew 2.3 million viewers on Saturday, the BBC reported. The British show features a change this year in which contestants -- a mix of talented troupers and self-deluded amateurs -- must audition before a live audience rather than...

Louis Walsh says sorry for insulting Dannii Minogue on -X Factor'
LONDON - X Factor judge Louis Walsh has apologised for insulting fellow judge Dannii Minogue on the show. The 37-year-old beauty considered quitting the show after constant spats with Walsh ever since she joined the show in 2007.owever, the Irishman has confessed his mistake and asked Dannii: “Please don’t let me do that again.” Walsh has admitted to having behaved badly and assured the Australian singer of a better time on the show.We’ve cleared the deck,” the Sun...

X Factor favourite tells tabloid he is bisexual: VIDEO
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X Factor star Danyl Johnson has already won a national karaoke competition: PHOTO
No wonder X Factor favourite Danyl Johnson blew the judges away in Saturday night's auditions - he's had plenty of practice.

'X-Factor' Newcomer Danyl Johnson
'X-Factor' Newcomer Danyl Johnson

Danyl Johnson
Danyl Johnson auditions on X-Factor. A 27-year-old teacher from Reading, Danyl Johnson amazed the judges with his version With A Little Help From My Friends.

X Factor's Danyl Johnson has secret family heartache: PHOTO
Danyl Johnson, 27, who is already being tipped to win this year's X Factor, has not spoken to his father for a year.

Soon, Michael Jackson-based talent show
LONDON - The BBC is reportedly planning a talent show to find a dancer who can master Michael Jackson’s moves. According to sources, bosses will kick off a national search for Britain’s best moonwalker and body-popper later this year. And just like The X Factor, contestants will be judged by a panel of industry experts. The show - to be called Move Like Jacko - is still at an early planning stage. Sources say that executives will also try to land one of Jackson’s siblings as a...

Video: 'X Factor' Danyl Johnson
Teacher Danyl Johnson, 27, stunned a live audience and all four judges with his charismatic performance of 'With a Little Help from My Friends' on last night's X Factor . The aspiring singer described the audition as the biggest performance of his life and Simon Cowell claimed that it was the best first audition that he had ever seen. DS has discovered a video clip of pre-fame Danyl performing an acoustic song. Click 'play' below to hear him singing his own track 'Just Want You Home'. The X...

'One of the best contestants we've ever had on X Factor': Simon Cowell in high praise for singing teacher: VIDEO
There were so many tuneless wannabes it was easy to lose heart - along with Simon Cowell - when watching last night's eagerly-awaited return of The X Factor.

Cheryl Cole Denies Dieting: PHOTO
Girls Aloud singer and X Factor judge Cheryl Cole denies she’s on a diet even though she looks tiny.

Cowell's Shows Face Union Protests
8 hours ago | WENN | See recent WENN news » Simon Cowell could be forced to pay contestants to compete on his TV Talent shows X Factor and Britain's Got Talent - a British performers' rights union has launched a campaign to end "cheap exploitation” on reality shows. The music mogul has made millions through his string of reality shows, which also include American Idol and America's Got Talent in the U.S. But bosses at performers’ union Equity aren't...

X Factor Kicks Off
The X Factor returned this weekend with hopefuls auditioning to try to impress Simon, Dannii, Louis and Cheryl. On the first show there was the typical mix of cracking singers and nutters hoping to follow in the footsteps of Leona Lewis and Alexandra Burke . See our X-Factor Winners' Gallery Here   Impressing the judges was 19 year old single mum Stacey Solomons who sang Louis Armstrong’s What A Wonderful World. Simon Cowell said the Essex girl was “really good.”  ...

Danyl Johnson is -best first audition ever' for Simon Cowell on X-Factor: VIDEO
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Stacey Solomon: X Factor: VIDEO
Meet Stacey Solomon, X-Factor contestant. See photos, video and a biography here of the contestant who impressed the judges with her heartfelt rendition of the Louis Armstrong What A Wonderful World classic on the on Series 6 of the popular ITV talent show in the UK. She is only 19 years old and, as she has revealed, a single mother from Essex. Her humble, unassuming and somewhat nervous presence belied the vocal beauty and nuance of her performance. Tall, slender, wearing short and noting...

Simon Cowell on X Factor Singer: "Best First Audition I Have Ever Heard"
Attention all future American Idol hopefuls: Simon Cowell can be impressed. The usually prickly judge was recently won over by a contestant on the U.K's The X Factor , according to Popeater . Danyl Johnson dazzled Cowell so much with his rendition of The Beatles' "With a Little Help from My Friends" that the singer earned a standing ovation from Cowell. See photos of Cowell behind the Idol judges' table "That was single-handedly the best first audition I have ever heard," Cowell said. "He could...

Will toasts old pal
AS the new series of The X Factor kicked off, original Pop Idol winner Will Young and runner-up Gareth Gates, 25, were reunited.

Danyl Johnson: The Next Susan Boyle?
There's nothing we can say about Danyl Johnson that wasn't summed up perfectly by the most critically honest judge on Reality TV: “That was single-handedly the best first audition I have ever heard,” said Simon Cowell on a recent episode of Great Britain’s version of American Idol , The X Factor . Johnson, a 27-year-old schoolteacher, brought the crowd to its feet with his rendition of The Beatles’ “With A Little Help From My Friends." Diana Vickers, a semifinalist...

TV News: The X Factor returns to our TV screens with big changes to the format
Aug 22 2009 THE show hasn't even started but Danyl Johnson is already tipped to win The X Factor. Bookies have made the 27-year-old teacher a 5-1 favourite as telly viewers get ready to tune into the first show in the series tonight. Others making the early running include 16-year-old Joseph McElderry and Scott James, who has Asperger's syndrome. Both are on 8-1, while former S Club Junior Stacey McClean is 10-1. Tonight, viewers of the hit ITV1 show will see Simon Cowell declare that Danyl,...

X Factor star Danyl Johnson fancies Cheryl, Dannii and...Simon - watch his incredible audition again here: PHOTO
X Factor favourite Danyl Johnson has revealed he not only fancies Dannii Minogue and Cheryl Cole... but also has the hots for Simon Cowell. The 27-year-old dance and drama teacher gave the two girl judges a cheeky wink during his mind-blowing performance in last night’s live show. But he said he’s a “free spirit” who dates women AND men, admitting that he thinks all the judges are good-looking...even Louis Walsh. He said: “I don’t like to conform or be...

Is Danyl Johnson the next Susan Boyle?: PHOTO
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Simon Cowell wowed on -X Factor': -Single-handedly the best first audition I have ever heard': PHOTO
“That was single-handedly the best first audition I have ever heard,” marveled Simon Cowell on a recent episode of Britain’s The X Factor . What incandescent performer got the notoriously hard-to-please Cowell gushing? Danyl Johnson, a 27-year-old schoolteacher who delivered a soulful, rather