The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The fourth series was broadcast on ITV from 18 August 2007 and was won by Leon Jackson on 15 December 2007, with Rhydian Roberts finishing as the runner-up and Dannii Minogue emerging as the winning mentor. Dermot O'Leary presented the main show on ITV, whilst Fearne Cotton presented spin-off show The Xtra Factor on ITV2. Simon Cowell and Sharon Osbourne returned a...
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The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The fourth series was broadcast on ITV from 18 August 2007 and was won by Leon Jackson on 15 December 2007, with Rhydian Roberts finishing as the runner-up and Dannii Minogue emerging as the winning mentor. Dermot O'Leary presented the main show on ITV, whilst Fearne Cotton presented spin-off show The Xtra Factor on ITV2. Simon Cowell and Sharon Osbourne returned as judges, whilst two new judges, Brian Friedman and Minogue joined the panel. Friedman replaced original judge Louis Walsh, but Walsh was later reinstated after the London auditions.
This series saw a number of changes to the format, most notably the lowering of the minimum age for participants from 16 to 14 and the increase in the number of categories from three to four, resulting from the division of the 16-24s category into separate male and female categories. The series hit the headlines even before recording began. Some of the controversy...
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