Unpicking the layers of insanity, inanity, awfulness and high-grade pop thrills that The X Factor has offered this year could fill tomes and treatises, but in short it's as British and as ridiculous ...

Former X Factor winners have called on Simon Cowell to “take responsibility” for the show's impact, with some describing ...

Claudia Rosencrantz, the influential former ITV entertainment controller, has made a surprising revelation: she commissioned The X Factor primarily to secure Simon Cowell's continued presence at the ...

X Factor winner Matt Terry has opened up about the lasting impact of his time on the ITV talent show, revealing he needed two ...

And talking of gloriously dumb, the “roving reporters in the crowd” Caroline Flack and previous X Factor runner-up Olly Murs really pushed the boat out to make Dermot O'Leary look like Jacob Bronowski ...