He immediately released his first single, When Christmas Comes Around, which was co-written by none other than Ed Sheeran. In November , he released his first album, Trouble, but only reached number 29 in the charts. He later announced he was being released from his record label and then made his theatre debut as Alex the Lion in Madagascar The Musical.
Teenager Louisa Johnson is X Factor's youngest victor, winning the show when she was just She had mixed success, with her debut single only reaching number nine in the Christmas charts. Her next three songs made it into the top 20 but her release, Yes, featuring 2 Chainz, only peaked at number She later announced she had left Simon Cowell's Syco Music label, saying it was a "mutual decision". He signed to Simon Cowell's record label Syco, and released his debut album, which has a duet with famous US singer Kelly Clarkson on it.
He was later released from the record label by way of mutual agreement. Back in , Sam Bailey scored the first X Factor Christmas number one in three years with her single, Skyscraper, as well as giving birth to her daughter. Later in her career, she supported her idol, pop superstar Beyonce, on one of her UK tour dates for her 'Mrs Carter World Tour' in , and performed in a West End show.
James' debut single, Impossible, became the fastest selling X Factor single and sold over one million copies. The singer left Simon Cowell's record label and signed to Colombia Records in , but Syco re-signed him a year later. He continues to release new music and holds the record for the best-selling debut single of the decade! Little Mix are a group of individual singers who came together on the show to become the first band to win the competition.
Since winning the show they have sold more than 50 million albums and scooped a fair few awards. They were the first girl band since The Pussycat Dolls to reach the top five in America with their album. They have released five albums with the last one reaching number three in the charts. Matt Cardle beat pop mega-group One Direction to take the series seven crown back in Dixon also stood in for Osbourne at the Edinburgh auditions five days later due to the latter having a long-standing back injury.
The day before the first live show, it was reported that Simon Cowell had been taken to hospital after falling down the stairs at his home. Due to this, he was absent from the first live show with the remaining judges going ahead as normal. Guest judge Alesha Dixon, who had filled in for both Scherzinger an Osbourne during the auditions, joined the panel for the second live show in place of Simon, who once again wasn't able to be in attendance.
Age limit: The minimum age limit was reduced to 14 years old. This previously happened in , , and Auditions: Simon confirmed during the filming of bootcamp that the auditionees would be allowed to perform original songs. This previously happened during Series 9 and there were more audition episodes than previous series.
Six Chair Challenge: In a change to previous years where each judge critiqued each other's category together, the judges faced their category alone on the sidelines while the other judges sat at the judges' table offering their critique. Live Shows: Acts were sent home on both Saturday and Sunday, as "tedious" Saturday nights received lower viewing figures than Sunday. Simon officially confirmed the reduction in live shows in late August The group performance was also abolished.
Theme Weeks: In August , it was reported that the theme jukebox twist that was introduced in Series 13 had been scrapped. The live shows saw the return of the theme weeks of previous years with updated song choices. In a series first, many of the finalists were permitted to perform their own songs. Wildcards: On October 18, the ITV Press Center confirmed that following this segment the public would get to vote for a wildcard for each category from the remaining contestants who did not make it to the live shows.
This gave a total of 16 acts for the live shows. Sing-Off: In a change to previous years, for the first four weeks there was no sing-off between the two acts who polled the lowest public votes. Instead, the acts that polled the lowest amount of public votes were automatically eliminated and those who topped the public vote on both nights went head-to-head in a sing-off with the victor winning a prize.
Winner's Single: During the final, it was announced that this year's winner's single would be the celebrity duet between the finalist and whoever they duetted with. Although initially reported that returnees would be banned, Anthony Russell , who previously auditioned in , returned to audition; he later withdrew from competing.
Series 2 started in August 20, , and utilised the same panel from the first season, as well as the host, Kate Thornton. This season was eventually won by year-old Shayne Ward who was mentored by Louis Walsh in the s category. Main article: Series 3. Series 3 started in August 19, , and utilised the same panel from the first two seasons, as well as the host, Kate Thornton.
This season was eventually won by year-old Leona Lewis who was mentored by Simon Cowell in the s category. Main article: Series 4. Series 4 started in August 18, , and utilised the same panel from the first two seasons and added a fourth judge, Dannii Minogue. Dermot O'Leary replaced Kate Thornton as host. This season was eventually won by year-old Leon Jackson who was mentored by Dannii Minogue in the Boys category.
Main article: Series 5. Series 5 started in August 16, , and utilised the same panel from the previous season with the exception of Sharon Osbourne who was replaced by Cheryl Cole. Dermot O'Leary returned as host. This season was eventually won by year-old Alexandra Burke who was mentored by Cheryl Cole in the Girls category.
Main article: Series 6. Series 6 started in August 22, , and utilised the same panel from the previous season.
Until , he was the youngest winner of the original series. Main article: Series 7. Series 7 started in August 21, , and utilised the same panel from the previous season. This season was eventually won by year-old Matt Cardle who was mentored by Dannii Minogue in the Boys category. Main article: Series 8. This season was eventually won by four-member female vocal group Little Mix who were mentored by Tulisa in the Groups category.
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