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The X Factor (British Series 8)
''The X Factor'' is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The eighth series aired on ITV on 27 August 2011 and ended on 11 December 2011. Dermot O'Leary hosted the main show on ITV, while Caroline Flack and series 6 runner-up Olly Murs co-presented the spin-off show '' The Xtra Factor'' on ITV2. Louis Walsh returned to the judging panel and was joined by Gary Barlow, Kelly Rowland and Tulisa. Barlow, Rowland, Tulisa joined the panel replacing judges, Simon Cowell, Dannii Minogue and Cheryl Cole. Series 5 winner Alexandra Burke served as a guest judge for week 4 of the live shows due to Rowland having a throat infection. Little Mix, a British four-piece girl group known earlier in the show as Rhythmix, was the first group to win the series. The group consisting of members Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jesy Nelson, and Perrie Edwards, and Jade Thirlwall, all auditioned as solo artists before being put together as a group by the judges. They went on to become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Mix
Little Mix are an English girl group that formed on the eighth series of ''The X Factor (British TV series), The X Factor.'' They are the first group and the only girl group to win the original UK series. The lineup consisted of Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards, and originally Jesy Nelson, before her departure from the group in 2020. Regarded as the show's most successful winning act, their success led to a girl band renaissance in the UK. Little Mix's vocals and harmonies have garnered critical acclaim and the group have been ranked as one of the best vocal girl groups. They were often dubbed, by some media, as the "biggest girl group in the world", before going on a hiatus in 2022, allowing its members to pursue solo projects. Little Mix rose to prominence with their debut single "Wings (Little Mix song), Wings" (2012), achieving five number-one singles, and nineteen top ten entries on the UK Singles Chart. Launched into mainstream recognition after the rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dannii Minogue
Dannii Minogue (; born 20 October 1971) is an Australian singer, television personality, and actress. As a child, she became known for her appearances on the television talent show ''Young Talent Time'' (1982–1988). She went on to play the role of Emma Jackson (Home and Away), Emma Jackson in the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'' (1989–1990), for which she was nominated for two Logie Awards. Minogue began her music career in the early 1990s, achieving early success with her debut album, Love and Kisses (Dannii Minogue album), ''Love and Kisses'' (1991), and the singles "Love and Kisses (song), Love and Kisses", "Jump to the Beat", "This Is It (Melba Moore song), This is It", and "Success (Dannii Minogue song), Success". Following the release of her second album, ''Get into You'' (1993), Minogue's popularity as a singer declined, leading her to make a name for herself with award-winning performances in theatre productions. The late 1990s saw a brief return to music fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
News
News is information about current events. This may be provided through many different Media (communication), media: word of mouth, printing, Mail, postal systems, broadcasting, Telecommunications, electronic communication, or through the testimony of Witness, observers and witnesses to events. News is sometimes called "hard news" to differentiate it from soft media. Subject matters for news reports include war, government, politics, education, health, economy, business, fashion, sport, entertainment, and the Climate change, environment, as well as quirky or unusual events. Government proclamations, concerning Monarchy, royal ceremonies, laws, taxes, public health, and Crime, criminals, have been dubbed news since ancient times. Technology, Technological and Social change, social developments, often driven by government communication and espionage networks, have increased the speed with which news can spread, as well as influenced its content. Throughout history, people have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia's Got Talent
''Australia's Got Talent'' is an Australian reality television talent show. The show is based on the '' Got Talent'' series format that originated in the United Kingdom with Simon Cowell. The first six seasons aired on the Seven Network, from 2007 to 2012. In the first season the judges were Tom Burlinson, Red Symons and Dannii Minogue. The first season aired at 6:30pm on Sunday nights. After a successful run, the series was given a vote of confidence as Seven moved the show to a more competitive Tuesday night timeslot. The second season aired from 29 April 2008. Burlinson and Symons did not return for season four and were replaced by Kyle Sandilands and Brian McFadden. For season seven in 2013 the show moved to the Nine Network. Dawn French, Geri Halliwell and Timomatic who is the additional fourth judge joined the panel as replacements for McFadden and Minogue. On 4 April 2014, it was announced that Nine had axed ''Australia's Got Talent'' due to low ratings. On 8 Jul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The X Factor (U
''The X Factor'' is a television music competition franchise created by British producer Simon Cowell and his company Syco Entertainment. It originated in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for '' Pop Idol'' (2001–2003), and has been adapted in various countries. The "X Factor" of the title refers to the undefinable "something" that makes for star quality.Described as "something you can't quite put your finger on" by Cheryl Cole, a judge on the UK version of ''The X Factor'', ''The Xtra Factor'', 23 November 2009 Similar to '' Got Talent'', the franchise maintains a YouTube YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in ... channel, called ''X Factor Global''. The channel uploads clips of ''X Factor'' shows from around the world. The channel currently h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The X Factor (American Season 1)
The first season of the American version of the music competition show ''The X Factor (American TV series), The X Factor'' began airing on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox on September 21, 2011. Based on the The X Factor (British TV series), UK format, the competition consists of auditions, in front of producers and then the judges with a live audience; boot camp; judges' houses and then the live finals. Auditions for the show began in March 2011 and concluded in June 2011. The show was hosted by Welsh TV presenter Steve Jones (Welsh presenter), Steve Jones, while the original judging panel consisted of Cowell, Cheryl (singer), Cheryl Cole, Paula Abdul and L.A. Reid. Cole later departed from the show after just two audition rounds and was replaced by Nicole Scherzinger, who originally co-hosted with Jones. An early preview of ''The X Factor'' aired during the 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game on July 12, 2011. Another preview was shown following Fox NFL, NFL on Fox on Septem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digital Spy
Digital Spy (DS) is a British-based entertainment, television and film website and brand and is the largest digital property at Hearst UK. Since its initial launch in 1999, Digital Spy has focused on entertainment news related to television programmes, films, music and show business to a global audience. As well as breaking news, in-depth features, reviews and editorial explainers, the site also features the DS Internet forum, Forum. History (1999) In early January 1999, Iain Chapman launched the website, providing news, rumours and information on Sky's new digital satellite platform Sky (UK and Ireland), SkyDigital. At the same time, Chris Butcher launched the ONfaq website, offering similar news and information on the UK's new digital terrestrial platform ITV Digital, ONdigital. Both sites proved to be popular, attracting many visitors eager for more news about these rapidly developing TV platforms. Chapman and Butcher discussed the idea of a merger of the two sites, to cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th National Television Awards
The 17th National Television Awards was held on 25 January 2012. The main awards show was presented by Dermot O'Leary live from The O2 Arena on ITV, whilst the after party was covered by Caroline Flack on ITV2. Performances * Bruce Forsyth, Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly – " Let There Be Love" * Little Mix (''X Factor'' 2011 finalists) – " Don't Let Go (Love)" * Military Wives – "Make You Feel My Love" Awards Longlist The following is a list of programmes and people that did not make it past the 'Longlist' voting stage, which occurred between September and December 2011. Beside them is the percentage of votes they received. * Talent Show: # " Popstar to Operastar": 9.8% # "Let's Dance for Comic Relief": 5.5% # " Got To Dance": 3.2% # " So You Think You Can Dance": 1.6% * Comedy Panel Show: # "8 Out of 10 Cats": 7.9% # " Odd One In": 6.8% # "Pointless": 4.5% # " Would I Lie To You?": 1.0% * Talk Show: # " Paul O'Grady Live": 10.2% # " Piers Morgan's Life Sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jade Thirlwall
Jade Amelia Thirlwall (born 26 December 1992) is an English singer. Her music career began at the age of 15, when she auditioned for ''The X Factor (British TV series), The X Factor UK'' on three occasions before rising to prominence as a member of the girl group Little Mix. Formed during the show's The X Factor (British series 8), eighth series, Little Mix became the first group to win the competition, and together went on to release six studio albums and amassed nineteen UK top-ten singles, five of which reached number one. Before going on hiatus in 2022, they became the first girl group to win the Brit Award for British Group. In 2022, Thirlwall signed a solo record deal with RCA Records and released her debut single, "Angel of My Dreams" in 2024, to acclaim from music critics—many of whom called it one of the best singles of the year. "Angel of My Dreams", reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart and was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2025 Brit Awards. Her debut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perrie Edwards
Perrie Louise Edwards (born 10 July 1993) is an English singer. She rose to prominence as a member of Little Mix, a girl group formed during the eighth series of '' The X Factor UK'', which they eventually won. The group won three Brit Awards, becoming the first girl group to win British Group. As part of Little Mix, Edwards achieved five number-one singles and nineteen top-ten entries on the UK Singles Chart. The group went on indefinite hiatus in 2022. Edwards launched her career as a solo artist in 2024 with the single " Forget About Us", which peaked inside the top ten on the UK Singles Chart. It was followed up by singles "Tears" and " You Go Your Way". She is also a patron for CoppaFeel! and is the first female ambassador for the brand Supreme Nutrition. In 2021, she launched a fashion brand, Disora. Early life Perrie Louise Edwards was born on 10 July 1993 and raised in South Shields, Tyne and Wear. She was named after Steve Perry from the rock band Journey. Her pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesy Nelson
Jessica Louise "Jesy" Nelson (born 14 June 1991) is an English singer. She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Little Mix, who were formed during the The X Factor (British series 8), eighth series of ''The X Factor (British TV series), The X Factor'' in 2011. As part of Little Mix, Nelson achieved seventeen top-ten singles and five number-one singles on the UK Singles Chart. In 2019, Nelson released a documentary titled ''Jesy Nelson: Odd One Out'', which focused on her struggles with body image, mental health and online bullying. It won the Factual Entertainment Award at the 25th National Television Awards and the Visionary Honours, Visionary Honour Award for Documentary of the Year. Nelson's private life and her departure from Little Mix in 2020, have been the subject of media scrutiny in the UK. In October 2021, she released her debut single titled "Boyz (Jesy Nelson song), Boyz", featuring rapper Nicki Minaj, which was met with negative reception. It debuted a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leigh-Anne Pinnock
Leigh-Anne Pinnock (born 4 October 1991) is an English singer and actress. She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Little Mix, which was formed and won the The X Factor (British series 8), eighth series of, ''The X Factor (British TV series), The X Factor UK.'' As part of the group, she won three Brit Awards and achieved 19 top-ten singles and five number one entries on the UK Singles Chart, before going on hiatus in 2022. In 2021, she made her acting debut in the film ''Boxing Day (2021 film), Boxing Day''. As part of her solo career, Pinnock has released the singles "Don't Say Love" and "My Love (Leigh-Anne song), My Love" featuring Ayra Starr. Her third single "Stealin' Love" was preceded by the release of her debut EP ''No Hard Feelings (EP), No Hard Feelings'' on 31 May 2024, which reached number thirty eight on the UK Albums Chart. In 2023, she won Musician of the Year and Breakthrough Artist at the Glamour Awards 2024. Pinnock is noted for advocating for var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
