Tulisa looks great! I think she'll pretty easily be the most interesting judge on the panel this year, as much as I love Kelly Rowland she's always been a bit bland to me. And I've never been a huge fan of Gary Barlow, Louis Walsh is unintentionally hilarious though :wub:.

I am getting really excited for this! Saturday nights just aren't the same without X Factor, plus I'm really looking forward to seeing Tulisa, Kelly and Gary (in that order :))

Return date confirmed - Saturday 20th August at 8pm!

 

:w00t: Insanely excited now, the best show on TV is only just over a week away!!!!!

I've heard rumours that the live shows may be starting earlier, and there will be extra audition programmes so maybe we will get some Sunday auditions episodes too :) I hope so :D

I'm gonna be honest, I don't like the Sunday shows.

Mainly because I have school in the morning :P

But, I prefered when it was just Saturday night.. I know they can squeeze more in with Sunday but that's my opinion...

Yeah, apparently the live shows are going to be longer, bigger and better than before. More contestants, more performances and more live shows! :D I can see them either doing longer audition shows (like 2 hours a week instead of 1 and sometimes 1 and a half) or some more Sunday shows, which I like because it's MORE X-FACTOR :wub:

I wasn't too sure when the Sunday shows started, but I'm glad they have them now as there is never anything on on Sunday nights and there is 2 guest performances and more X Factor overall :D

 

Though I was disgusted when Lucie went home against Jedward - that was the only time I can think of I seriously thought of stopping watching the X Factor and I actually did for a couple of weeks :) Lucie was my favourite, but then I supported Stacey :)

Really excited/intrigued to see what the judges are like and how they'll fare. Still banking on Tulisa being the most interesting judges, unlike the vast majority I speak to, I get really bored of the auditions stages quickly so I hope there isn't TOO many weeks of that :(.

Really looking forward to it (Although I've got to say I'm looking forward to the US edition more this year)

 

Oh I'm so sad to actually care and still get excited about XF & BB :lol: It's a guilty pleasure of mine now since both have their fair share of huge criticism today than they've ever been.

With Matt's album being released on the 17th of October, his lead single will probably be released on the 10th of October. So first live shows weekend will probably be on the 8th and 9th of October...

Tinie Tempah

is apparantly being Tulisa's guest at Judges's Houses this year. It's a damn sign better than Dappy, but he might come across as majorly sell-out. The source is The Sun though, so I guess it could be wrong.

I think it is true, I've seen it pop up a few times over the past day or so via various sources. Apparently he had lots on when he was needed so he cancelled it all.

Oh so it's back this weekend? How kind of work to give me the Saturday off.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tva...and-gary-barlow

 

Old hand Louis Walsh is joined by Tulisa Contostavlos, Kelly Rowland and a very cruel Gary Barlow on the judging panel

 

Louis Walsh, Tulisa Contostavlos, Kelly Rowland and Gary Barlow at the press launch of The X Factor. Photograph: Mike Marsland/WireImage

 

You're right to feel trepidation ahead of Saturday's X Factor. Thanks to X Factor USA, the entire dynamic of the UK show has been skewed. No longer will Simon Cowell swish around in a shirt undone to his pubis. No longer will Cheryl Cole burst into tears each time one of her acts hits a wrong note. No longer will Dannii Minogue spend several days in makeup teasing her hair into the shape of a Pauling–Corey–Branson alpha helix. Instead, we've got three new interlopers in their place – Gary Barlow, Kelly Rowland and Tulisa Contostavlos; the next generation, as ITV is determined to relentlessly parp. If these newcomers can't convince, then X Factor might be done for.

 

The good news is that – at least on the basis of yesterday's X Factor launch – the new judges look like they'll do an excellent job. Unlike Britain's Got Talent, which gormlessly blundered into a dead end when Cowell flounced off this year, the show is just as noisy and self-assured as ever.

 

Louis Walsh is still a judge, obviously, and he looks more like a bewildered competition winner than ever. Plonked in his usual spot on the end of the judging table, he beams like a man who can't understand why he hasn't been fired yet. Without giving too much away, it also looks as if he's already found this year's Wagner, which at least means that his Big Book Of Unnecessarily Discordant Pop Medleys will get plenty of use again this time around.

 

Then there's Kelly Rowland, formerly Not Beyonce in Destiny's Child. As an American, she's prone to bouts of soggy-eyed emoting, but hopefully that'll be kicked out of her soon and she can concentrate on what she does best – indiscriminately squirting hot liquid jets of oestrogen at everyone. When faced with one contestant – a grating Olly Murs type who has the names of his last seven conquests tattooed across his buttocks, she's reduced to a burbling mess of confused non-sequiturs. She'll be fun.

 

As will Tulisa, who seems primed to emerge as the runaway star of the series. She's more sharply analytical than Cheryl Cole ever was. And she's funnier. And she comes off as a genuine fan of the show. Her undoing might be her chippiness – even in the preview clips she demonstrated a Sugaresque enthusiasm to reference her hard upbringing – but that aside, she has the makings of a genuine star. Catch her now before she turns into Cheryl Cole and starts wearing dresses made exclusively of spoons.

 

Finally, much has been made of Gary Barlow's ascension to the role of New Simon Cowell, given the much-publicised nasty streak he's been flexing in auditions. If only that were true. In reality Barlow is the biggest letdown of the new judges and, frankly, he must be stopped.

 

Cartoon rudeness was Cowell's raison d'etre. He was part Blofeld and part Widow Twankey, and that's why he was so successful. There's none of this playfulness with Gary Barlow; just a big black cloud determined to suck all the joy out of the room. He exists purely to bludgeon fun to death with the blunt force of his conservatism. When one act – Walsh's new Wagner figure – is voted through to bootcamp, Barlow looks both confused and appalled. When Tulisa and Louis have a brief conversation about socks, Barlow butts in with a disdainful "Let's get serious here, guys". Cowell once let a preposterous group called Diva Fever sing a version of Duck Sauce's Barbara Streisand with most of the lyrics changed to "Louis Walsh". Barlow wouldn't do that in a million years. With him, it'll be turgid piano ballads all the way to Christmas. You'll die of boredom by November.

 

Apart from the new judges, it's basically business as usual. The intimidating crowd shots are still there. The contestants are just as wildly obnoxious as ever. Dermot O'Leary continues to dress like a weird approximation of a 1970s Action Man. X Factor is back. You may as well kiss goodbye to your life now.

 

Kath

 

 

Tulisa is going to be amazing isn't she?! I can't wait for this!!

I've heard about Tulisa getting into a few disagreements with the audience and some auditionees, that will be epic for sure! I think Kelly will be the really nice, slightly boring one and Tulisa will be amazing, I just know it!

I've heard about Tulisa getting into a few disagreements with the audience and some auditionees, that will be epic for sure! I think Kelly will be the really nice, slightly boring one and Tulisa will be amazing, I just know it!

 

Whereas Gary Barlow (although he probably knows more about music than the rest of them) will suck the life out of any enjoyment that the show once provided. I hope he realises that as much as a search for talent - the show NEEDS - Jedward, Wagner, Chico, Katie, and all the other acts that were put in there 'just for a laugh'.

 

Kath

Really looking forward too this on saturday :)

Really looking forward too this on saturday :)

 

I'm glad I'll be going out getting a life on Saturday.

 

Kath