Don't lose hope! You have Dappy to look forward to.

:mellow:

 

I hope she sees sense and doesn't bring him. Even Fazer would be decent in comparison

I agree - Dappy is just awful! It's the obvious outcome though, him being celeb helper to Tulisa. I do hope she gets someone else to do it though...

Don't lose hope! You have Dappy to look forward to.

Hopefully with his top off hehe.

Hopefully NOT?!?!

I concur with Jark. Dappy is a horrendous little goblin, with clothes and without.

SRSLY DANIEL? No thanks - funnily enough I'm quite keen on my eyesight and would like to keep it for the forseeable...

I will stand by the fact that I think Dappy is attractive. Sure, there are better faces out there, but he has a fine body. Also, just to note, this is all purely looks wise, I am well aware of what a vile, irritating wench he is. I'm just saying, if he has to appear, at least he could have the decency to be good eye candy while he's at it. Although, Frazer would also do nicely in that department.

Beyoncé is rumoured to be with Kelly at the Judge's Houses:

 

Beyoncé will apparently help Kelly Rowland mentor contestants on The X Factor.

 

According to Heat magazine, Queen B has signed up to act as Kelly's aide at the Judges' Houses stage of the competition.

 

Knowles, who starred alongside Rowland in Destiny's Child, will help the "Commander" singer pick her top three hopefuls to then battle it out in the live finals of the talent show.

 

It is currently unknown who Kelly's fellow panelists - Gary Barlow, Louis Walsh and Tulisa Contostavlos - will be joined by at Judges' Houses but now Bey is allegedly confirmed, we are not sure Dappy is going to make the cut!

http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/beyonce/news/...-destinys-child

Tulisa looks so cheap :/

Good to see (or is it) that the old 'why don't you come back and audition on your own?' chestnut has already been incorporated into the auditions.

 

http://www.metro.co.uk/tv/867800-x-factor-...axed-girl-group

 

Kath

Oh apparently Dappy has been banned for being Tulisa's helper at her judge's houses stage :D

 

Also:

The new series of The X Factor will include the competition's longest ever live shows, according to a report.

 

The eighth series of the programme is expected to kick off later this month. The Mirror claims that bosses are keen to maximise profits by having more extended episodes.

 

Last year's first live show clocked in at a record 150 minutes, a figure which could be topped by three-hour shows in the upcoming series.

 

"The feeling is that the audience can't get enough of the show and extending the programmes again seems the natural next step," a source said. "The idea is simple. More X Factor will mean more viewers, more advertising space, more telephone votes and, ultimately, more revenue."

 

Extra live shows will reportedly see the live finals kick off with 16 contestants. Last year, 12 finalists were joined by four "wild card" contestants. However, several double eliminations saw the number cut down over the 10 weeks.

 

An insider added: "The final details are still being ironed out but there will definitely be more X Factor on screen this year than it has ever been seen before. There are going to be longer shows and, hopefully, more of them."

 

The new-look X Factor judging panel - Gary Barlow, Tulisa Contostavlos, Kelly Rowland and Louis Walsh - will film Boot Camp stages of the competition later this month.

 

It might be a good thing but I hope the extra time is just filled with performances and not waffle or totally pointless twists that no-one wants!

 

Although, surprise surprise at the 'ultimately, more revenue' bit...

Edited August 2, 201113 yr by Liаm

So 2 hours of adverts and 1 hour (or less - including credits/titles/interviews/introducing the "brand new judging line-up." etc...) :drama:

So 2 hours of adverts and 1 hour (or less - including credits/titles/interviews/introducing the "brand new judging line-up." etc...) :drama:

As it's the best thing TV, more of it is great but the 'more revenue' section makes me think it won't be more performances :(

Typical ITV you can see where they are coming from though. They rely on adverts and the show is by far the biggest in the UK for some time, so they obviously want to capitalise on it while they can.

It seems a bit risky, the show isn't guaranteed major success just yet!

True, but we can safely assume it will be hitting 10Million plus considering the tripe that is shown on TV. Also the fact every rival station chickens out and screens repeats on at the same time to minimise their losses.

Edited August 2, 201113 yr by Jimmie

Judge's promo photos:

 

Tulisa:

http://i2.cdnds.net/11/31/550w_x_factor_tulisa_contostavlos.jpg

 

Kelly:

http://i2.cdnds.net/11/31/550w_x_factor_kelly_rowland.jpg

 

Gary:

http://i2.cdnds.net/11/31/550w_x_factor_gary_barlow.jpg

 

Twat Louis:

http://i2.cdnds.net/11/31/550w_x_factor_louis_walsh.jpg

 

 

Tulisa looks surprisingly lovely :o And is it just me, or does Kelly look a bit like Michelle Williams in this pic?

I get bored just LOOKING at Gary Barlow.

 

Tulisa & Kelly look great though!

Kelly looks ancient there. Awful styling.

 

You can see the promo video here. Tulisa looks ancient in this one.

I like Tulisa, I just hope she doesn't turn into a cheryl cole type character

I like her also - pity N-Dubz music is so crap