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Another of the women steps onto the stage and makes an entrance...

Adding some spice (and bitterness 🍋) to the competition...

Squeezing into what space is left on the stage is...

Sledgehammers at the ready...

Hoping to be everybody's hero when he takes to the stage is...

Including the youngest in the competition, another group fills the stage...

Not too far behind Ellie, coming onto the stage it's...

Anything could happen on The Pop Factor, just like our next contestant...

Taking us a third of the way through the contestants is...

And another group show up to audition...

Diva incoming...

And another contestant steps up to the stage...

Joining the trio of stars is...

Making it a threesome on the stage (💀) alongside A-ha and Addison Rae is...

Joining A-ha on their quest to prove they have The Pop Factor is...

The first act to step up to the stage to audition for The Pop Factor is...

Let's get this show on the road! Introducing your host for The Pop Factor... AI RitaBot 3000 AI RitaBot 3000 is an upgraded version of AI Rita Ora. After AI Rita Ora went into hiding, she had to find a way to come back to the world... and after much negotiation, she is here to guide us on the journey through The Pop Factor and finding Lady BuzzJack her first pop sensation to crown!

While the contestants wait backstage to introduce themselves to you all for the first time (and some last minute checks are made), enjoy a bop to get you in the mood ready to meet your host for the evening - and the rest of the competition - before we get things underway

Join us at 7pm tonight as we reveal the 24 contestants who have registered to take part in the first season of The Pop Factor! We'll also be unveiling our trusty, shiny new host who will guide us through the season as Lady BuzzJack watches on from the gallery IT'S TIME... TO FACE... THE MUSIC

I won't be revealing who's behind each artist so it's your choice how you play it. If you decide to reveal or not is up to you

We do in fact have 24 artists registered for auditions tomorrow!

Will be starting tomorrow night, deadline's always been 23:59 tonight! Can't imagine we're going to get the last spot filled now but we'll still be good to go, thanks to everybody that's entered

One slot remaining if somebody feels like doing a solid and entering a group

Well, after those reveals, season 2 continues on Saturday with... Wish World. Part one of the two-part finale, we go back to Russell T Davies penned episodes. The Unholy Trinity are here and RTD keeps teasing us with more. Traps are sprung and old enemies unite as the Doctor and Belinda finally arrive home to find a very different world. Can the Doctor see the truth before midnight arrives? 8am on iPlayer, and 6:50pm on BBC One. Discuss the episode here ~

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