Live show 1 Mary Byrne - The X Factor 2010

The X Factor is a British television singing competition contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. It is the originator of the international X Factor franchise. The seven series of the show to date have aired from August/September through to December. The show is produced by FremantleMedia’s talkbackTHAMES and Simon Cowell’s production company SYCOtv. The “X Factor“ of the title refers to the undefinable “something“ that makes for star quality.[1] The show is broadcast on the ITV network in the United Kingdom and on TV3 in Ireland, with spin-off behind-the-scenes shows The Xtra Factor and The X Factor 24/7 screened on ITV2 and TV3. The X Factor was devised as a replacement for the highly successful Pop Idol, which was put on indefinite hiatus after its second series, largely because Simon Cowell wished to launch a show that he owned the television rights to. The perceived similarity between the shows later became the subject of a legal dispute. In the initial te