But the wait is almost over as the start date for the series has been confirmed as Saturday 29th August in a brand-new trailer, released by ITV on Thursday. While there was initially widespread negativity about their appointment, after seeing the judges in action, we reckon the newbies could surprise some people.
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Ex-Westlife and Boyzone manager Louis Walsh was always the obvious choice to mentor the overs category, so what will happen this year?
Meanwhile, Olly Murs and Caroline Flack will take over hosting duties from Dermot O’Leary and it’s rumoured that there are a number of other changes ahead down the line. Whilst Rochelle Humes and Melvin Odoom are the new presenters of ITV2 spinoff The Xtra Factor.
Former prison officer Sam told The Sun: “I felt sorry for Ben on The X Factor tour”.
After a fleeting return, the room auditions have been axed again, in favour of a single, arena audition format.
She continued by saying that Simon “can see where the money is going to come from and will make sure Fleur is the next big thing”. Paloma Faith has been mooted as a possible name to help out Grimmy, in move made by Simon to stop her signing up for “The Voice”.
However, we are now clearly in an era that is far more choosy when it comes to what it actually wants, and we have no better evidence of this than the past few years of “The X Factor”.
Sam went on to say that, although she doesn’t dislike new judge Rita, she believes she is too young to give advice.
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The series will be broadcast on AXS TV just one day after each episode, with the premiere airing on Sunday, August 30.
