The first picture of the all-new X Factor panel has been released, as the first set of auditions got underway in Manchester. Rita Ora and Nick Grimshaw were confirmed as new judges on The X Factor ...

Forget last year's half live/ half shambolic Judges' Houses. This year it's back to basics for X Factor: people will cry by a swimming pool while we salivate over stunning sunny locations.

Rock royalty Sharon Osbourne, pop sensation Nicole Scherzinger and chart maestro Louis Walsh, sit alongside The X Factor ... to judges' houses right through to the live finals, we've got all ...

But in this year's X Factor, there will be a brand-new judging ... which he described as "a bit boring". Cowell says it's all change this year, though, with the category being full of "really ...

X Factor judges Simon and Nicole are going head to head! Hopefuls will perform in the hopes of being selected for the world's next biggest boy or girl band. Unfortunately The X Factor: The Band ...

"I can't wait to get back to the judges' desk," she said. "I love the new format." Ms Brown added: "This is the start of a new era for The X Factor. I am really excited about all the ideas we have ...