MTV.co.uk News — Mariah Carey had pulled out of a performance on Strictly Come Dancing so that she can appear on The X Factor, it has been claimed. Reports say that the 39 year old had been scheduled to appear on... more info

BBC News - UK — Rock singer Jamie Archer is voted off TV talent show The X Factor, the first of Simon Cowell's over 25s group to leave the programme. more info

AngryApe — To perform on The X Factor instead! more info

Guardian Music — ✒The biter, it seems, has been bit. It is only a few short weeks since the BBC came under fire for scheduling Strictly Come Dancing against ITV1's The X Factor, only for the celebrity dance show to take a drubbing in the ratings. Now Top Gear i... more info

The Daily Mail — The 34-year-old Londoner left after public vote against Welsh teen Lloyd Daniels. more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Sting has launched a bitter tirade against British talent show The X Factor, insisting the judges "have no recognisable talent apart from self-promotion." more info

Guardian Music — With the show's charity single ready to secure its dominance into 2010, Simon Cowell's chart stranglehold seems completeSix nights ago, 16.6 million people – more than half of those in Britain watching TV at the time – turned their sets... more info

Guardian Music — The avant-garde musician is to explore the possibilities of porcine pop … with a little help from Heston Blumenthal. Animal lovers may want to skip this story ...For Matthew Herbert's next album, he is raising a pig, slaughtering it – an... more info

Guardian Music — The ageing Britpop monolith seems to be performing a homage to the latest diva dance routines. And it is a joy to beholdAutumn has thus far bestowed on us many music videos that, to some extent, dispose of sets, background distractions and extraneous... more info

BBC News - UK — The X Factor star has announced details of a 10-date arena tour in 2010. more info