The X Factor: Difference between revisions

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It's basically the same as ''Pop Idol'' (and ''[[American Idol]]'') except the contestants are split into categories. The categories originally consisted of 16-24 year olds, Over 25's and Groups. However with the addition of a fourth judge in Series 4 (2007), The 16-24 catergory was split into boys aged 16-24 (16-27 in 2010) and girls aged 16-24 (16-27 in 2010) with the Over 25's (Over 28's in 2010) and the Groups categories remaining the same to give four categories in total. After the initial round of [[Hopeless Auditionees|frankly embarrassing auditions]], each Judge is randomly assigned a category and has to coach his or her group up until the weekly live shows, which enters a [[Battle Royale With Cheese]] where the losers are voted off by telephone polls until [[There Can Be Only One|only one remains]]. After that, the winners pump out one guaranteed hit single (usually that year's Christmas Number One)- because the show is literally a two-month advertisement for their single - before becoming an answer in a pub quiz. It is worth noting, though, that three of the show's seven winners (Shayne Ward, [[Leona Lewis]] and Alexandra Burke) have actually achieved continued success since their debut single.