The X-Factor Season 8 Episode 2, air date: Saturday August 27,2011 7:00 PM on ITV1(UK). Wannabe pop stars across the country are preparing to brave the panel of judges and the British public and stake their claim to the winner’s title.
Excitingly, this time round there’s a new line up of judges. Familiar face Louis Walsh is joined by the multi-million selling artists, songwriters and pop masterminds that are Gary Barlow, Kelly Rowland and Tulisa Conostavlos. As per, the quartet will be handing out their judgement on contestants within the following categories: male soloists aged 16-28, female soloists 16-28 years, over 28s and groups.
The X Factor stalwart, Dermot O’Leary will be hosting for the fifth year running and elsewhere, Olly Murs, who was runner-up in 2009, and Caroline Flack, former presenter of ‘I’m a Celebrity! Get me out of Here! Now’ will be taking care of business over on The Xtra Factor. Once again, the auditions took place in front of live audiences throughout the UK, from thousands and thousands of applications. Each contestant needs three yeses to pass their audition; not two yeses and ‘I think you’d be good in a boyband’ from Louis – it’s three yeses every time.
Those who survive the audition phase then graduate to bootcamp, where they are put through their paces and mercilessly whittled down, until 32 acts remain. Each judge is then assigned a category to mentor and it’s off to the judges’ houses. Eight acts go to each house, but only three will return. The live show stage of the competition begins in October, as each week we lose the act with the fewest public votes. In the final, three acts will battle it out, until one is crowned winner of The X Factor.
Previous Episode: The first set of hopefuls audition in front of the judges hoping to gain a place in the next round of the competition. Dermot is on hand to console those who fail to make it through. The auditions begin in London where Frankie Cocozza and Kitty Brucknell are amongst the successful acts who manage to make it through to boot camp. Not eeveryone is success though and many hopes are dashed at the first hurdle. The auditions move on to Birmingham where Goldie Cheung shocks Gary when she gives him a lap dance and she ends up making it through to boot camp. Janet Devlin is next up and manges to wow all the judges and sails through to the next stage of the competition. Other successful acts include Roxy Yarnold, SOSO Status and Heshima Thompson. George Gerasimou is not so successful though and isn't happy when he fails to make it through.
Now Episode: The second set of hopefuls audition in front of the judges hoping to gain a place in the next round of the competition.
