According to Twitter these are the judge's categories:

 

Cheryl - Girls

Mel B - Boys

Simon - Overs

Louis - Groups

Louis and the groups shocker.

Simon getting the Overs in his first series back seems a bit strange. I'd have thought they'd give him the Boys and Mel B the Overs.

Why does Louis never gets the girls, he has never had the girls category it seems silly, I just hope those are only rumours so far. And the female judges tend to get the obvious categories.

He never gets the girls because the girls and boys categories are the ones most likely to produce a star and so they are reluctant to give them to a terrible judge. (I know Mel B is apparently a terrible mentor but still, I've never understood how Louis is still there)

Why does Louis never gets the girls, he has never had the girls category it seems silly, I just hope those are only rumours so far. And the female judges tend to get the obvious categories.

 

Remember its Cheryl's big comeback, she would would obviously get the category she wants. Mel B will be given the boys to keep her sweet, Simon won with the Overs and Louis is just there :lol:

I actually think Louis works well with the Groups, so it's a good option to give him them again (if we can get another Union J this year, I'll be very happy :wub:). It really should have been Gary's forté but he did terrible with them last year because he's stuck in the frame of mind that you can turn an R&B group into a mini Take That and hand them global domination.

There will be a Samantha Jade esque star in the overs this year I think, which would be why Simon has them.

I predicted that, more or less! Except I'd maybe have thought Mel might get groups/overs so Simon gets the boys. Maybe the boys are weaker than usual, from watching both series of the Australian series Mel was an awful mentor, of the seven she mentored (one pulled out on week 2 in 2012 for a Skype scandal or something like that), the boys in 2012 and the girls in 2011, she probably mentored one correctly, a country type boy who came 2nd to Samantha Jade :lol: Others might think differently, but she really wasted so much potential with completely wrong song choices etc.

 

There will be a Samantha Jade esque star in the overs this year I think, which would be why Simon has them.

That's what I thought, they'd hardly give him a category full of Sam Bailey clones :lol:

It's a shame Mel B didn't get the groups :(

That's what I thought, they'd hardly give him a category full of Sam Bailey clones :lol:

 

Simon didn't think much of Sam Bailey last year he didn't even wanted her to win, so he probably pick someone much younger and marketable with a bit of eye candy.

 

You would think Sam Bailey would release a new single around October, by looks of things nothing is happening there, usually the winner from the previous year, release their second single during that period unless I'm missing something.

Simon didn't think much of Sam Bailey last year he didn't even wanted her to win, so he probably pick someone much younger and marketable with a bit of eye candy.

 

You would think Sam Bailey would release a new single around October, by looks of things nothing is happening there, usually the winner from the previous year, release their second single during that period unless I'm missing something.

 

She's pregnant! :lol:

Cheryl in a getting-the-girls shocker.

They've manufactured two groups at bootcamp, a 5 piece girl group and an 8 (!!!) piece boyband. Surely the latter won't work? They had InTENsity on X-Facror US, they were a Glee-esque mixed group rather than a boyband but they were a total mess.

 

Lydia Lucy from last year is in the girl group and Tom Mann/Barclay Beales from last year are in the boyband, as well as someone I know, Jake Sims :lol: well, I haven't met him or anything but I know of him, he went to a school near me. CLAIM TO FAME.

an eight piece boyband? :lol: that sounds dreadful. Well Justice Crew has quite a lot of members and they did well on an Aussie talent show so...

According to Digital Spy, Steph Nala (from Luminites) is one of the final 6 girls! :cheer: Apparently another of the final 6 girls is Chloe Jasmine who has apparently been on some sort of modelling show before and I think I recognise her name from one of the guest panellists on Big Brother's Bit on the Side!

 

Also if we are to believe The Metro, the judges houses helpers and locations are:

 

Cheryl will be joined by Sia in the South of France.

Mel will be joined by Jason Derulo in Mexico.

Simon will be joined by Sinitta and Paula Abdul in Las Vegas.

Louis will be joined by Tulisa in Bermuda.

 

Very good choices if they are true!

Steph :o I always thought she should have just done X-Factor, alone or with Luminites. I saw something about that Chloe girl being on The Face, the "modelling version of The Voice".

 

an eight piece boyband? :lol: that sounds dreadful. Well Justice Crew has quite a lot of members and they did well on an Aussie talent show so...

They were a dance crew originally, I think they won or came second on Australia's got talent, idk how they ended up being a pop group after that :lol:

Cheryl will be joined by Sia in the South of France.

 

I very much doubt that and will be incredibly surprised if it is true considering how she's been with the media since 'Titanium'.

Cheryl will be joined by Sia in the South of France.

Mel will be joined by Jason Derulo in Mexico.

Simon will be joined by Sinitta and Paula Abdul in Las Vegas.

Louis will be joined by Tulisa in Bermuda.

 

Very good choices if they are true!

 

Yes, inspired :kink:.

 

On a related note, could you get two more polar opposites than Sinitta and Sia! And I agree with Rabbit Heart that the latter seems very unlikely.

Sia was Christina Aguilera's advisor for the battle rounds on The Voice in 2011, but in fairness that was likely filmed before that show even premiered, let alone had good ratings, plus that was before she properly blew up. Not to mention The Voice has a bit more integrity, at least in the US, I think XF basically embodies most of what Sia seems to dislike about fame and the music world, so yeah doesn't seem like it's too believable.