X Factor
# x-factor - Tuesday 4 June, 2013
Listen to the conversation that got X-Factor judge Tulisa arrested
The N-Dubz singer was caught in a sting by The Sun newspaper.
# x-factor - Wednesday 22 May, 2013
Extract: If we want to get more done, we need to start a war with our televisions
Watching television eats up your valuable time when you could be doing so much more with your life. It’s time to wrestle control back from that box in the corner of the living room, writes Ruth Field.
# x-factor - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
7 gas Twitter reactions to the JLS split
They’re calling it a day after five years in the spotlight.
# x-factor - Thursday 20 December, 2012
VIDEO: AC Milan murder Wham’s Last Christmas
Some of this is okay, most will make you want to cut off your ears.
# x-factor - Wednesday 19 December, 2012
The Score.ie Christmas gift idea No 4: The Louis Smith calendar
Your pommel horse, X Factor, and Strictly-loving chum will thank you for this.
# x-factor - Saturday 8 December, 2012
QUIZ TIME! Should you watch the X Factor final?
Do you have what it takes to watch telly this evening?
# x-factor - Friday 23 November, 2012
Pick 6: featuring Ireland v Argentina and much, much more
In which six of our writers answer the questions that nobody has even asked.
# x-factor - Monday 12 November, 2012
The Dredge: I Belieb in a thing called love
The best of this morning’s celebrity dirt…
# x-factor - Tuesday 9 October, 2012
The Dredge: Who called Kristen Stewart ‘a miserable c***’?
We get our hands mucky with the best of the day’s dirt.
# x-factor - Wednesday 3 October, 2012
These are just some of the things you can’t ask One Direction
Or Harry will give you stink-face.
# x-factor - Wednesday 26 September, 2012
# x-factor - Friday 21 September, 2012
“Go at ‘em like dogs” – Celebrity Bainisteoir gets fierce*
*In more ways than one.
# x-factor - Friday 17 August, 2012
# x-factor - Tuesday 3 July, 2012
Bainisteoir Byrne hoping to give St Patrick’s the X Factor
Reality TV star Mary Byrne will manage will manage the Tullow club in the upcoming series of RTÉ’s Celebrity Bainisteoir.
# x-factor - Monday 28 May, 2012
Coldplay’s flashing wristbands are costing them dearly
Singer Chris Martin says tour gimmick is costing them a fortune.
# x-factor - Tuesday 15 May, 2012
Britney Spears joins The X Factor judges’ table
Demi Lovato will also sit next to LA Reid and Simon Cowell for the second instalment of the US version of the show.
# x-factor - Thursday 12 April, 2012
One Direction are being sued by… One Direction
The English-Irish boyband – who are currently conquering the pop world while on a global press tour – are being sued by an American all-male band over the use of their name.
# x-factor - Thursday 22 March, 2012
One Direction make US history with chart-topping album
The X Factor boys sell 176,000 copies of their album ‘Up All Night’ – becoming the first band from the UK to enter at number 1 with a debut album.
# x-factor - Thursday 8 March, 2012
What do you think of the latest unofficial anthem for Ireland’s Euro 2012 campaign?
Tallinn rhymes with hammering. Who knew?
# x-factor - Wednesday 22 February, 2012
X Factor’s Rachel Crow gets her own television show
We’re guessing her Mom is pretty happy about it.
# x-factor - Monday 16 January, 2012
Damien Rice pays almost $500k for Bono’s guitar
The singer-songwriter bid on the customised guitar at a fundraising auction for Haiti in Beverly Hills at the weekend.
# x-factor - Friday 16 December, 2011
Twitter wars, part 8625: Wayne Rooney vs X Factor’s Frankie Cocozza
There was only ever going to be one winner here, wasn’t there?
# x-factor - Monday 12 December, 2011
The 9 at 9: Monday
Nine things you should know by 9am…
# x-factor - Tuesday 6 December, 2011
HMV denies X Factor fix after posting Amelia Lily’s ‘winner’s single’
The music chain denies being part of an X Factor fix after allowing pre-orders for the winner’s single – days before they’re crowned.
# x-factor - Tuesday 29 November, 2011
The Daily Fix: Tuesday
Catch up on the day’s biggest stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…
The 5 at 5: Tuesday
5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock…
X Factor winner “to cover Damien Rice song”
The winner of this year’s X Factor competition is reported to be to covering Cannonball by Ireland’s own Damien Rice… and Rice fans aren’t very happy about the news.
# x-factor - Monday 28 November, 2011
The 9 at 9: Monday
Nine things to know by 9am: More details on Budget 2012 pain, Archbishop denies media “anti-Catholic bias”, good news from BoI, and the end of Janet’s X Factor odyssey
# x-factor - Tuesday 22 November, 2011
The Daily Fix: Tuesday
Catch up on the day’s biggest stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…
X Factor judge Tulisa faces probe over arm gesture
The singer faces an investigation over the arm gesture she makes during each programme.
# x-factor - Sunday 13 November, 2011
X Factor delay delights Twitter users
IT’S TIME TO FACE THE MUSIC…oh, hang on, wait, it’s not #TechnicalDifficulties
# x-factor - Tuesday 8 November, 2011
Frankie Cocozza booted from X Factor amid drugs allegations
X Factor hopeful Frankie Cocozza is reported to have been kicked off the show for failing to curb his hard-partying lifestyle.
# x-factor - Thursday 27 October, 2011
X Factor USA viewers can now vote using Twitter
They can also use Facebook – and are allowed to submit up to 50 votes from each account.
# x-factor - Sunday 9 October, 2011
TV3 launches new on-demand player for iPhone and iPad
The broadcaster’s new 3player will allow viewers to watch shows including X Factor on mobile devices.
# x-factor - Thursday 22 September, 2011
US critics praise Cheryl Cole – and wonder why she was dumped from show
American TV critics couldn’t work out the reason behind Cheryl getting the boot from the US X Factor – saying that her accent was perfectly intelligible and that she was “adorable”.
# x-factor - Sunday 18 September, 2011
Watch: the Irish woman who brought one X Factor judge to tears
Michelle Barrett wowed judges with her performance on last night’s programme.
# x-factor - Sunday 21 August, 2011
Tyrone girl Janet installed as early X Factor favourite
Janet Devlin, 16, from Gortin in Co Tyrone, is the 7/2 favourite to win the series outright after her audition broadcast last night.
# x-factor - Saturday 20 August, 2011
Simon Cowell doesn’t want to go away, ever
The X Factor mogul and pop impresario wants to be cryonically frozen when he dies – otherwise he’ll regret it “in 300 years”.
# x-factor - Friday 19 August, 2011
The Daily Fix: Friday
Catch up on the day’s big news – as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…
# x-factor - Friday 22 July, 2011
The 9 at 9: Friday
Nine things to know this morning: Victory on our bailout interest, former NotW editor drops bombshell on James Murdoch, and Simon Cowell’s latest legal headache






















































