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Simon Cowell says he was naive when he signed One Direction and regrets not keeping ownership of the name. Cowell formed the band on The X-Factor UK in 2010, hand-picking five contestants who originally auditioned as solo acts and giving them a second chance as a pop group. The band members were…

The former British reality TV juggernaut The X Factor is under fire, with former staff revealing that producers used a secret coding system to highlight contestants with the "potential to kick off." During the BBC podcast, Offstage: Inside the X Factor, one former production employee described coding…

EXCLUSIVE: Richard Bacon’s Yes Yes Media has headed on a senior hiring spree, bringing in former The X Factor showrunner Mark Sidaway and Hidden Light production boss Lydia Arding. The indie launched six months ago, backed by an eclectic mix including Chernobyl producer Sister, Friends star Courtney…

Britney Spears is giving insight into her life in the memoir The Woman in Me and making some surprising revelations. The pop star is opening up about what really happened during her heavily criticized 2007 MTV VMAs performance and why she didn’t like her time judging on The X-Factor USA. Spears…

Rebecca Ferguson, a former runner-up on The X Factor, has criticized ITV after the UK broadcaster failed to investigate her “traumatic” experience on the Simon Cowell entertainment show. In a series of tweets, the singer published screenshots that appeared to be of an email she sent to ITV CEO…

The X Factor may be coming back the U.S. television, as creator and judge Simon Cowell appears to be in talks to revive the singing competition series on NBC. Cowell said that the network had “offered us to make the show” during an interview with The Sun, adding: “Which means we’ll make the show…

Simon Cowell is opening up about reviving The X Factor in the U.S. as he says there are networks interested in bringing back the singing competition. Fox aired the reality show for three seasons in the U.S. between 2011 and 2013. Although its television run was short-lived, Cowell was able to…

EXCLUSIVE: Rob Clark, Fremantle’s veteran Director, Global Entertainment, who helped develop The X Factor, Got Talent and Price is Right franchises globally across two decades, is exiting the company. The well-liked exec is retiring in February 2023 and will be replaced like-for-like, Fremantle…

EXCLUSIVE: Keshet Productions’ rebranded UK non-scripted arm Interstellar has picked up an ITV pilot commission for a celebrity dance format. All Star Dance Off will most likely air around the Christmas period on youth-skewing portfolio channel ITV2, according to an ITV spokesman who confirmed the order. The format is…

Freddie Combs, whose soaring voice made him a fan favorite on television’s The X Factor music competition, has died at age 49. He died Sept. 10 at a Florida hospital from kidney failure, his wife, Kay, said. Combs was a minister and performed in a wheelchair on The X Factor. He battled health problems for years, and…

UK broadcaster ITV has said that it has no plans to screen another season of Simon Cowell’s entertainment juggernaut The X Factor. The singing competition was due to return for a 16th season under a deal Cowell signed with ITV in 2019, but the plans have changed as the two parties switch their attentions to other…

Simon Cowell is back in business and set to star as a judge on the Israel version of The X Factor. The music mogul has spent some of the second half of 2020 recovering from complex back surgery after an electric bike accident. He will be a judge on the fourth season of The X Factor in Israel, which airs on Reshet 13…