ContactMusic — Officials at the U.K.'s broadcasting standards watchdog have launched a probe into SIMON COWELL's talent show THE X FACTOR after more than a thousand outraged viewers... more info

Guardian Music — Bored of Matt Cardle and the anti-X Factor brigade, led by Cage Against The Machine, already? Fear not, because there is a third way this Christmas. The Independent reports that fans of Sir Cliff Richard, no less, are launching an online campaign to ... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Cheryl Cole has admitted that this year's series of The X Factor has been the "toughest" yet.The Girls Aloud singer, whose act Rebecca Ferguson lost out to Dannii Minogue's contestant... more info

MTV.co.uk News — The X Factor may have crowned it's winner over the weekend, but self-confessed brat, Cher Lloyd, reportedly threw the mother of all strops at the wrap party, launching a four-letter tirade at... more info

Perez Hilton — This is huge! Now that Simon Cowell is prepping the launch of the US version of his singing competition, The X Factor, two massive advertisers are currently duking it out over sponsorship of the series - Coca Cola and Pepsi! Coca Cola, which has spon... more info

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The Mirror — GIRLS are Aloud to have fun, even if they don’t win The X Factor. more info

Guardian Music — The O2 Arena, LondonLast month, JLS's second album, Outta This World, was seen off by old hands Take That in a boyband battle royale for No 1. But having spent the last 18 months transforming themselves from X Factor finalists to arena-filling pop st... more info

Guardian Music — After 18.8 million viewing figures, Matt Cardle now faces competition to take the Christmas top spot in music chartsMatt Cardle's victory in The X Factor and the semi-final of Strictly Come Dancing combined to produce the largest Sunday night TV audi... more info

Unreality Music — The X Factor never fails to amaze me. Not just in a hideously cynical way that people like me who are NO FUN AT ALL would understand, but also in a positive way... sort of. The X Factor truly ... more info