Rebecca Ferguson has announced her second album Freedom, due for release at the end of the year. The set marks the follow-up to her double platinum-selling debut Heaven, which was released in 2011 and has sold a million copies worldwide. She declared on Twitter: "It's official my new album "FREEDOM" will be released on the 2nd of December". [caption id="attachment_1639"...
Dermot O'Leary has confirmed that Gary Barlow will leave ITV talent show The X Factor at the end of the year. The 42-year-old Take That singer had previously been rumoured to be planning an escape, but laughed off the reports when asked at the London arena auditions. However, show host O'Leary now seems to have confirmed that he will be bidding farewell. Speaking...
Demi Lovato and The X Factor USA were among the big winners at last night's Teen Choice Awards. The 20-year-old star won a string of prizes, including Choice Single: Female Artist for 'Heart Attack' and Choice Female Artist. She also scooped Choice TV Personality for her role as a judge on The X Factor USA; one of three awards that the show itself managed to pick...
Cher Lloyd has announced the title of the first single to come from her second album. The star has revealed that the track's name is 'I Wish', and that it features the rhyming talents of guest rapper T.I. She wrote on Twitter: Is everyone excited for my new single #IWishFtT.I ??? I can't wait for you all to hear it!!!(: — Cher Lloyd (@CherLloyd) August 12,...
Spoiler alert! The judges' categories for this year's series of The X Factor appear to have leaked. Several news outlets are claiming to have heard from gossipy insiders that Sharon Osbourne, Nicole Scherzinger, Gary Barlow and Louis Walsh were told by Simon Cowell who they would be mentoring yesterday - before the Boot Camp stage. They had previously been informed...
Widely-reported rumours that Simon Cowell is expecting a baby with a married socialite have been addressed by his Britain's Got Talent colleague Amanda Holden. The mum-of-two has said on Twitter that next year all of the talent show's judging panel will be parents to toddlers under 2 years old. "I am still here!", she said, having not been online for a few days....
Alexandra Burke has said that she would give serious consideration to an offer to be a coach on The Voice UK. The talent show has already lost Jessie J and Danny O'Donoghue from its line-up, with will.i.am and Sir Tom Jones's futures also looking uncertain. Burkey has said she'd be up for filling one of the vacancies, despite winning rival star search The X Factor...
Jahmene Douglas has entered at No1 with his very first album. The X Factor runner-up released Love Never Fails as his debut collection on July 22, and it notched up enough sales over the course of the week to make an appearance at the very top of the rankings. The collection of soul and gospel covers features renditions of Coldplay's 'Fix You', Sia's 'Titanium'...
Misha B has reportedly been dropped by her record label after three singles. The singer was a contestant on The X Factor in 2011 and finished in fourth place; picking up huge acclaim from the judging panel, who claimed she was among the most talented artists the show had ever seen. Last year her debut single 'Home Run' charted at No11, following which 'Do You...
Matt Cardle's manager is apparently furious that the singer was not included in The X Factor's new "ultimate mash-up" video. The talent show is 10 years old this year, and to mark the occasion bosses have unveiled a remix that incorporates tracks from several of the series' best-known stars. While many successful contestants are puzzingly left out - Diana Vickers...
