The X Factor

Andy Abraham, Rob McVeigh and Simona Armstrong will be competing to sing in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade.

According to today's Sun, Andrew Lloyd Webber says X Factor's Rhydian Roberts is unlikely to be his new Phantom Of The Opera.

X Factor runner-up, Rhydian Roberts, has finally got his date with Simon Cowell's make-up artist, Julia Carta, who is 12 years older than him.

Simon Cowell still hasn't had the courage to fire Sharon Osbourne, although he will probably delegate the task to one of the "executive producers" of The X Factor when the time comes.

The Sun reports today that X Factor's Rhydian Roberts has signed a £1 million record deal with Simon Cowell - and that he may have an album out before series winner Leon Jackson.

The X Factor final was the number one show on TV in the UK for the whole week ending 16th December.

But no Hope for Emily

The X Factor smashed its audience record on Saturday evening during this year's final.

Leon's victory over Rhydian Roberts opens up a new battle for Simon Cowell.

The second show of the evening - firstly it was time to decide who the viewers had voted into third place – this, surprisingly, turned out to be Same Difference.