The X Factor

So, the auditions for X Factor 5 end with a bang, or as 66 year old Betty Brice would put it; "gang bang."

Cheryl Cole will appear on tonight's Friday Night With Jonathan Ross on BBC One.

Dannii Minogue has spoken out about her fellow judges and quashed any rumours that they are battling behind the scenes.

The desperation of X Factor wannabe Alan Turner has driven his family members to despair.

Despite Alan’s insistence that he had not lied, both of his parents and their partners have denounced his claims of him being fostered from the age of four as hurtful and "ridiculous".

It has now emerged that not only did his Mum, 55-year-old florist Debbie Stanfield, play a large part in his upbringing, but he actually lived with her, staying sometimes with his grandmother, whilst his Mum was at work.

13th September - There was a distinct lack of talent in tonight's audition shows and it does make one wonder why ITV have decided to devote so many weeks to this side of the show.

We’ve reached the halfway line for the audition stages and, as expected, the high-quality acts seem to be in short supply. However every so often we get a ray of light through the dark.

38-year-old Danny Evans was widowed less than a year ago and is now left on his own with an 11-month-old baby girl.

21 year-old Laura White caused a stir when she auditioned for this years series of X Factor, Despite feeling ill she managed to impress all the judges with her soulful version of Jocelyn Brown's “So

Laura White and Diana Vickers starred in the third X Factor audition show.

Holly Willoughby provided some scoops in her third show.