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The X Factor: how the star-making formula show lost its shine

  • Written by Mike Jones, Course Director MA (Music Industries), University of Liverpool

The UK channel ITV has announced that it has no plans to continue The X Factor. In its 17 years on the air, the show produced some enormous pop stars, including boy band One Direction and girl group Little Mix.

At its height in 2010, the programme’s average audience was 14 million viewers, exactly that of the UK’s two main TV soap...

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