Sam Bailey has been crowned the winner of The X Factor 2013. The 36-year-old former prison warden from Leicestershire beat competition from 17-year-old Nicholas McDonald to take the crown in the ITV competition. Bailey's victory was also a first win for mentor Sharon Osbourne, who was serving her fifth season on the panel but only just scored her first victory. [caption...
Demi Lovato opened up earlier this week on her previously undiscussed cocaine and alcohol use, and now she has also talked about her much-documented battle with self-harming. The X Factor USA judge went into rehab in 2010 for a number of issues, including drug use, bulimia, undiagnosed bipolar and cutting. [caption id="attachment_2590" align="aligncenter" width="300"]...
The X Factor frontrunner Sam Bailey was not snubbed by Celine Dion out of personal dislike, it has been claimed. Dion was reportedly invited to sing with Bailey in the event that she makes the grand final of the ITV talent show, however she turned the job down. [caption id="attachment_2562" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Sam Bailey won't sing with Celine Dion...
The X Factor USA gave fans a shock when popular boyband Restless Road were surprisingly eliminated. The trio, mentored by Simon Cowell, had never been in the Bottom Two before, but polled the fewest number of public votes. [caption id="attachment_2584" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Restless Road have been eliminated (PR[/caption] In the first results show...
Rebecca Ferguson has said that she struggled to adapt to her first year as a celebrity. The singer finished in second place on the seventh season of The X Factor in 2010, catapulting her into the public eye and putting her in an abnormal situation. Speaking to Digital Spy, she said that she has become happier as time has gone on, despite her initial struggle. [caption...
Demi Lovato has confessed that she doesn't rate her own performance on The X Factor USA last week. The singer, who serves as a judge on the struggling talent show, performed her own new single 'Neon Lights' on last Thursday's results show, but struggled with her pitching and appeared to be having problems hearing herself on her earpiece. Taking to Twitter today,...
Lucy Spraggan has explained her widely-discussed feud with fellow X Factor star James Arthur over his use of homophobic language. The 'Impossible' singer called his rival Micky Worthless a "f**king queer" in a rap earlier this month, later apologising - explaining that the term is used with a different meaning in the hip hop world. [caption id="attachment_2505"...
The X Factor USA dropped to yet another all-time low in the ratings last night, diving to an 18-49 demo rating of only 1.0. The figure is its worst in its three-year history, as the show struggled to find an audience against coverage of a major Thanksgiving football game. Its overall viewership was only 3.75 million - representing yet another low point for the...
Leona Lewis has said that she would like her fourth full studio album to perform better than her third - which failed to replicate the sales of her earlier work. The 2006 X Factor winner set the world on fire with her debut collection Spirit, and also shifted an impressive number of records when it came to her second album Echo. However, last year's Glassheart...
Simon Cowell has revealed that he is aiming to return to The X Factor UK at some point in the near future. The mogul last appeared as a full-time judge on the show back in 2010, during which time he mentored One Direction to third place. Speaking to Metro, he said: "I will [return] at some point. I still miss [it]. I mean, that show is my baby and that last year...
