The X Factor launched in 2004 in the UK. Airing on ITV1, The X Factor has been the No 1 show in the UK for eight years, with the 2010 finale achieving a peak of 21.2 million viewers, and a 65% share.
Local versions of The X Factor are now produced in more than 41 territories and artists discovered by The X Factor format have sold more than 100 million records worldwide, including 110 No 1's, 270 Top 10 records, and 501 Top 50 releases.
The X Factor was a smash (10.2 million viewers for the finale), and when Cowell approached Fox in 2005 for renewal of his Idol contract, he threatened to sell X Factor to a competing network.
Singles by X Factor winners have had a stranglehold on the Christmas charts in recent years - a run which was ended last year when an online anti-X Factor campaign helped get Rage Against the Machine to number one.
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Another name recently floating about for the Factor judges panel: "X Factor" UK judge Kelly Rowland.
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This round-up of Monday's main media stories focuses on the return of X Factor.
And 'X Factor' was far too similar to what we already saw and grew tired of.
The 26-year-old X Factor judge married the footballer in 2006, in a lavish ceremony in Hertfordshire.
"And the bit where the fireworks can come down on X Factor, " says Lowe.
The X Factor final was the UK's most watched show of 2010, viewing figures have suggested.
Other names circulating for "X Factor" posts include singers ranging from Vanessa Hudgens to Britney Spears.
"It would be awesome to be a judge over here for 'X Factor, '" she told CNN.
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The X Factor's apparent disinclination to nurture creative talent seems to be many people's chief concern.
The X Factor isn't exclusively tied to Sony Music, the company that distributes Cowell's SyCo label.
Fox deliberately aired "X Factor" and "Idol" during different parts of the television season to avoid overlap.
The X Factor averaged 9.6 million viewers, while its average last week was 10.1 million, beating Strictly.
Cowell, Fremantle and Fox declined comment, but you can expect more "X Factor" judges news later today.
For the first time in the X Factor's nine-year history, the live finals were staged outside London.
Nancy Dell'Ollio was voted off Strictly and Sophie Habibis lost her X Factor place on Sunday's results shows.
Saturday's X Factor was viewed by 8.5 million people, while BBC rival Strictly Come Dancing attracted 8.9 million.
The X Factor, he says, is a "karaoke colosseum" which is actually an advert "for one record label".
Rowland was absent from this weekend's shows due to illness, and replaced by former X Factor winner Alexandra Burke.
Postseason baseball, plus the World Series, will continue to interrupt "X Factor's" schedule.
Some media buyers, however, say they're getting a deal on X Factor spots.
Antiques Roadshow and The X Factor are at two ends of the spectrum - hence you get massive audiences.
Girls Aloud star Cole performed her song on Sunday's X Factor results show.
He also said it had become similar to The X Factor with its use of dancers and stage presentation.
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