The X-factor no one could control, the weather, turned out to be mostly a nonfactor.
Fox topped the night in the adult demo thanks to a steady "The X-Factor" (9.4 million, 3.4).
The X-Factor has struggled in the ratings this year, often being beaten by its BBC One rival Strictly Come Dancing.
Fox broadcasts both American Idol and the US version of The X-Factor.
Giggs boasts the X-Factor needed to reignite interest among disillusioned Welsh football fans who lost interest in a national team that often failed to inspire under Toshack.
Yet the program still managed to hold its own against CBS' "Survivor" and Fox's "The X-Factor" (in fact, the special edged out Factor in total viewers, see below).
On the contrary, he says the X-Factor universe is populated by mold breakers like Apple, Google and Ryan Air, who have what it takes to stand out in an increasingly global and competitive environment.
The most important determinant of that question may lie with the X-factor in this year's election returns: How will Democrats who successfully ran in what have traditionally been relatively conservative Republican districts conduct themselves?
Not long after the the theft of more than 100 million user account details from Sony, Fox has confirmed that hackers also breached fox.com and obtained a file of details on 73, 000 people who requested information about the X-Factor auditions.
Carole Therelaut of Naked Security points out that the data breach comes after the X-Factor changed its rules in the U.S. to allow children as young as 12 to enter its competition, unnervingly putting personal data on pre-teens in the hands of faceless hackers.
The British Psychological Society calls it the X-Files factor - belief in the paranormal has never been so popular.
The idea of an X-Factor as the winning gene is as true for people as it is for businesses, says Poulfelt, noting individuals like Mozart, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates -- who all managed to tap into a unique skill or quality to stand out from the crowd.
The new X headphones will be showcased at the star-studded premiere event of THE X FACTOR in Los Angeles on September 11.
The autumn viewing season has arrived, with the first of the Saturday night blockbusters - ITV's X Factor - hard on the heels of Channel 5's Big Brother.
"The Voice, " while down overall compared to the start of its last couple seasons, managed to fend off Fox's Britney-buzzy "The X Factor" by 17 percent in head-to-head competition last week.
The single is the fastest selling single in the Irish Republic this year and the fastest selling non-X Factor single of the last six years.
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"We are also accepting in full from 1 May this year the Armed Forces Pay Review Body's recommended increase in the so-called X Factor payment made to military personnel to recognise the particular sacrifices they make, " the chancellor said.
The 26-year-old X Factor judge married the footballer in 2006, in a lavish ceremony in Hertfordshire.
For the first time in the X Factor's nine-year history, the live finals were staged outside London.
Unusually, both the Hillsborough single and the X Factor song were available on CD - increasingly a rarity in an era when downloads account for 99% of all single sales.
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.
Chart-topping soul star Seal - who has appeared as a mentor on various X Factor franchises around the world - admits "it can homogenise the industry".
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For those in the audience enamored with the iPhone -- especially those willing to look past the lack of 3G and requisite 2-year service agreement -- there's really only one x-factor left: the touchscreen keyboard.
Obama will probably point out Tuesday night that economic growth is the essential X Factor to reducing long-term deficits and debt.
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ConnecTV's SocialTV Timeline also puts front and center "guest star" chat with stars from hit programs "Pretty Little Liars, " "Dancing With the Stars, " and "X-Factor, " as well as Super Bowl and Heisman Trophy-winning sports celebrities.
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