It has been officially confirmed today, that this year's X Factor final will be held in Wembley Arena and not a small TV studio.

The contestants who make it as far as the final week on the ITV show, will get to perform on the massive stage at the 12,500 capacity London venue in front of judges Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow, Tulisa Contostavlos and Kelly Rowland.

Simon Cowell is reportedly working on plans to make this year's X Factor series the "toughest-ever."

The 51-year-old star won't be appearing regularly on the UK version of the show but plans to make his presence felt by extending the bvootcamp stage to five days and introducing gruelling dance and song-writing masterclasses for it's hopefuls.

Steve Jones has admitted that he thinks Simon Cowell is quite looking in an imposing way, comparing him to a "Disney baddie".

The Welsh TV presenter - who has worked closely with the music mogul after being hried to front his new American X Factor series - joked that the star is "cruelly handsome", but confessed that he often snubs his fellow judges Nicole Scherzinger, Paula Abdul and L.A. Reid and refuses to join them for nights out on the town.

'X Factor' bosses are reportedly planning to keep people tuned into the TV talent show for even longer this year, by introducing new 3 hour long specials.

Producers have so much to fit into their first few episodes of the series, that they are considering maximising their advertising potential and extending the show by one full hour.

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Amy Childs is said to be leaving  'The Only Way is Essex' so she can take part in Celebrity Big Brother.

The former beautician and model is said to have been offered a whopping £200,000 to take part in the new Channel 5 series, however ITV2 bosses vetoed the idea so she opted out of rejoining TOWIE for it's upcoming third series.

We are a little bit devastated this morning to discover that Channel 4 have more than likely axed Gok Wan’s ‘How To Look Good Naked’.

No more unclothed women, showing off their cellulite in harsh mirrors, or big naked girls appearing in naked phototshoots - the results of which are plastered on huge billboards in their local town, because Channel 4 have revealed that they have no plans to make any more series of the fashion show.

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Tulisa Contostavlos has hit out at press reports which claimed that she likes being compared to her  'X Factor' predecessor Cheryl Cole.

The N-Dubz singer stepped in on the ITV show, when the 'Promise This' hitmaker announced that she would be moving to the US version. She kept her job, when Chez was sacked from The X Factor USA.

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