Guardian Music — Remember Matt Cardle? Or Katie Waissel? On this evidence, one X Factor ex you might not now forget is Aiden GrimshawDuring series seven of The X Factor, Aiden Grimshaw – bequiffed andpossessing the earnest air of someone who wrote a lot of poetry â... more info

ContactMusic — Tulisa Contostavlos insists intimate footage of her which was leaked onto the internet was not a sex tape The X Factor judge is seen performing a sex act on ex-boyfriend Justin Edwards in the video and she admits she was devastated when it appeared..... more info

ContactMusic — Boy band One Direction are to be immortalised in plastic - leading toymakers Hasbro are launching dolls based on the singers The What Makes You Beautiful hitmakers have taken Britain and North America by storm since forming on The X Factor in 2010 to... more info

ContactMusic — One Direction are set to be immortalised in toy form The What Makes You Beautiful group - who were put together by music mogul Simon Cowell on the 2010 series of the UK version of The X Factor - have teamed up with toy maker Hasbro to launch a O... more info

The Newsroom — Cheryl Cole reveals she's had some 'interesting conversations' with Simon Cowell after her axe from The X Factor USA, while Rihanna is also left feeling a bit awkward as her mum makes an Ashton Kutcher joke. more info

ContactMusic — One Direction heartthrob Harry Styles is a single man according to his mother The British teen star has been linked with a string of beauties since shooting to fame on Britains The X Factor including American model Emma Ostilly and TV presenter couga... more info

ContactMusic — One Direction have joked they are paid in jelly beans by Simon Cowell The British boy band were put together by the music mogul on the 2010 series of the UK version of The X Factor and claim Simon is so rich because he is very frugal with the c... more info

ContactMusic — Tulisa believes her N-Dubz bandmate Dappy is an attention seeker The X Factor judge was forced to put her cousin and fellow singer in his place when the pair were embroiled in a public argument on social networking site twitter recently but t... more info

ContactMusic — Simon Cowell stepped out this week looking dishevelled as he took a mystery brunette for a Chinese meal the Daily Record reports today April 20 2012 The X Factor TV mogul was looking a shadow of his former self no doubt exhausted by the recent scanda... more info

E! Online — We'll get to Melanie Amaro's advice for The X Factor hopefuls in a second, but first she's chiming in on the possibility of Britney Spears becoming a judge for the second... more info