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May 22, 2023 · See every celebrity who served as an 'X Factor' judge or host during the UK show's 15-year run.
Jul 6, 2016 · By Catriona Wightman Published: 06 July 2016. Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images. Twenty. There have been twenty judges on The X Factor over the years - that's if you count the odd guest judge...
The series employs a panel of judges who critique the contestants' performances. Each contestant is assigned to one of four categories. The group acts are one category and the others are based on age or gender. For example, in season 1 the categories were girls, boys, groups, and over 30s.
Elimination stages and Final. Louis Walsh, longest-serving judge on The X Factor in all but two series. Sharon Osbourne, a judge for the first four series, and then again in 2013, and 2016–17. Dermot O'Leary served the longest as the programme's host from 2007, with a one-year break in 2015.
Aug 28, 2016 · 28 August 2016. PA. The original Mr Nasty, Simon Cowell, was a judge on the X Factor when it first started back in 2004. And he's been in the judges seat for every series apart from series...
Unlike Idols, where the judges only critique the contestants' performances, on The X Factor each judge "mentors" the finalists in a particular category, aiding them with song selection and styling, while also participating together in judging the contestants in the other categories.
Jul 31, 2021 · Judges Louis Walsh, Sharon Osbourne and Simon Cowell during Ireland auditions for The X Factor in 2004
