The X Factor (2004)
The X Factor (2004)



Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.

Kate Thornton
Self - Presenter

Dermot O'Leary
Self - Presenter

Caroline Flack
Self - Presenter

Olly Murs
Self - Presenter

Simon Cowell
Self - Judge / Creator

Sharon Osbourne
Self - Judge

Louis Walsh
Self - Judge

Dannii Minogue
Self - Judge

Peter Dickson
Self - Voice Over

Gary Barlow
Self - Judge

Kelly Rowland
Self - Judge

Nick Grimshaw
Self - Judge

Rita Ora
Self - Judge

Cheryl
Self - Judge

Ayda Field
Self - Judge

Louis Tomlinson
Self - Judge

Nicole Scherzinger
Self - Judge

Jonathan Bullen
Director

Robbie Williams
Self - Judge / Self - Judge / Self - Special Guest / Self

Céline Dion
Self - Special Guest

Brian Friedman
Self - Creative Director

Julio Iglesias
Self - Special Guest

Rod Stewart
Self - Special Guest

Lionel Richie
Self - Special Guest

Mariah Carey
Self - Special Guest

Barry Manilow
Self - Special Guest

Tony Bennett
Self - Special Guest

Ray Quinn
Self - Contestant

Kian Egan
Self - Judges' Expert

Ben Mills
Self - Contestant

Leon Jackson
Self - Auditionee

Michael Underwood
Self - OB Presenter

Britney Spears
Self - Special Guest

Gloria Estefan
Self - Performer

Alexandra Burke
Self

Will Young
Self - Special Guest

Rhydian
Self - Contestant / Self - Special Guest

Jeff Brazier
Self - OB Presenter

Jason Donovan
Self - Special Guest

Niki Evans
Self - Contestant

Kylie Minogue
Self - Special Guest

Myleene Klass
Self - OB Presenter

Beyoncé
Self

Katherine Jenkins
Self - Special Guest

Harry Styles
Self - Contestant

Zayn Malik
Self - Contestant

Leona Lewis
Self - Special Guest / Self - Contestant

Liam Payne
Self - Contestant

Usher
Self - Special Guest

Katy Perry
Self - Special Guest

Ronan Keating
Self - Guest Judge

Michelle Thorne
Self

Mary Byrne
Self - Contestant

Niall Horan
Self - Contestant

Michael Bublé
Self - Special Guest

Dalton Harris
Self - Contestant

Brendan Murray
Self - Contestant

Luke Johnson
Self - Dancer

Shayne Ward
Self

Andy Abraham
Self

Carl Pemberton
Self

Andy Pemberton
Self

Brenda Edwards
Self

Chico Slimani
Self

Sinead Conway
Self

Sharon Conway
Self

Marie Conway
Self

Laura Conway
Self

Nicholas Dorsett
Self

Maria Lawson
Self

Chenai Zinyuku
Self

Phillip Magee
Self
Media.


Details.
This TV Show Is About.
Wiki.
The X Factor is a British reality television music competition, and part of the global X Factor franchise created by Simon Cowell. Premiering on 4 September 2004, it was produced by Fremantle's British entertainment company, Thames (Talkback Thames until 2011), and Cowell's production company Syco Entertainment for ITV, as well as simulcast on Virgin Media One in Ireland. The programme ran for around 445 episodes across fifteen series, each one primarily broadcast late in the year, until its final episode in December 2018. The majority of episodes were presented by Dermot O'Leary, with some exceptions: the first three series were hosted by Kate Thornton, while Caroline Flack and Olly Murs hosted the show for the twelfth series.
Each year of the competition saw contestants of all ages and backgrounds auditioning for a place, in hopes of proving that they had singing talent. Auditionees attempted to do so before a panel of judges, each selected for their background in the music industry – these have included Cowell, Louis Walsh, Sharon Osbourne, Dannii Minogue, Cheryl, Gary Barlow, Tulisa, Kelly Rowland, Nicole Scherzinger, Mel B, Rita Ora, and Robbie Williams. Those acts who survived the auditions entered a bootcamp stage in which the judges each took charge of a category of contestants to mentor, determining who may move on to the live stages of the contest, with a public vote in the live rounds eliminating these contestants one by one. The winner of the live final received a recording contract with record label Syco Music and a cash payment, though the majority was allocated to marketing and recording costs.
At the same time of its premiere, The X Factor was accompanied by spin-off behind-the-scenes show called The Xtra Factor on ITV2, which focused on the recent episode's performances; this was replaced in 2016 with an online spin-off show, Xtra Bites, on ITV Hub. The programme itself proved popular on British television, attracting high viewing figures at its peak – over 14 million on average in the seventh series – leading to the formation of an international franchise. In addition, many of its acts, including JLS, Little Mix, One Direction and Ella Henderson, went on to release singles that entered number-one in the UK charts.
From 2011, viewing figures began to decline, and Cowell opted to rest the programme in 2019, assigning two spin-offs as mini-series that year – The X Factor: Celebrity and The X Factor: The Band. On 28 July 2021, ITV announced that there were no plans to air another series of the programme, effectively meaning it was cancelled.
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