Hey so the time has begun for the auditions to begin again and it is all change with a new format and some changes to be announced along the way. We start of in Glasgow on 4th June, with the return of Sharon Osbourne, joining Nicole, Louis and Gary.

If you no anyone auditioning post it in here and let us no

IT IS TIME TO FACE THE MUSIC - SEASON 10 BEGINS!!

P.S - Who would have thought in 2004 we would be saying Season 10 of X Factor WOW

It all begins again.
Happy 10th birthday X Factor UK..

My brother from another mother is auditioning NOT

Wow, its flown since the last series. Can't believe they start filming today! Excited

First Picture of the judges together - https://twitter.com/radioleary/statu...301248/photo/1

Will we actually be getting any substantial spoilers this year though?

I only recall spoilers being posted since 2009...

Don't imagine we'll get much in the way of spoilers until the arena auditions in July.

I think this thread should be used for discussion rather than spoilers. Nicole's looking stunning...nothing new

Last year was the first series (bar the 2004 series) I didn't watch because of how stale and boring the show got. Tulisa really became a boring judge, as did Gary, and I've never been a fan of Louis. He's neither hilarious or relevant. The only good thing about him staying is that Sharon is coming back. Again, I'm not sure Sharon will be any better a mentor than she was in 2007 (she's never won a series) but at least she'll bring a fun-but-outspoken dynamic to the panel. Tbh, with Sharon back, I don't see Gary's place on the panel. Anyway, the other main reason I turned off last year was because of the extremely boring contestants. No one was either interesting or original. From the looks of it, Nicole really did save that series. She also pleasantly surprised me from what I saw.

Anyway, I'm hoping the talent this year is on par with the 2008 or 2011 series. 2008 was a monster year because of all the different types of female acts (Rock chick, two big diva singers, indie girl, old-school jazz singer) and also because of JLS and Austin. But 2011 was incredible. That year's final had to be the best final in terms of all-round talent. Little Mix, Marcus, Amelia. You couldn't get three more diverse acts and they all deserved their place unlike in previous years (Christopher, Eoghan etc). If this year manages to capture my interest in the same way the 2008/2011 series did, I'll be watching again.

Originally Posted by Stube:
“Will we actually be getting any substantial spoilers this year though?”

Applause Stores still have a sign up page to reserve tickets for nationwide auditions.. that would surely have been taken down by now if they weren't happening. Having said that, they're not the most competent bunch.

Caroline Flack's posted a few pics on her Instagram.

This one looks like you can see the judges desk on a screen in the background: http://instagram.com/p/aJIjJ_DDkp/

Obviously a long shoot. They've been filming since midday and its now almost 9:45

Yes they usually go till late. We got out about 9.30/10pm last year after the evening auditions in Newcastle.. where we saw James Arthur's audition

It looks like theres a window behind the judges rather than a screen with X Factor branding as with the first 5 series, nice touch.

Presuming this is also part of the set: http://instagram.com/p/aIuHY6jDpm/

Set is looking much more sophisticated than when they last did audition rooms.

A panel with Nicole, Sharon and Louis is going to be utter chaos so he's needed to ground it a little bit more. I think he has more of a place than ever this year, whereas for the last 2 years Tulisa has also been fairly level headed and the combination of the four has been pretty boring.


I don't think they could have got away with just sticking up a giant photo after the arena auditions otherwise it would be going backwards. The American Idol audition sets are quite impressive, I imagine they will have taken inspiration from there.

Yeah, the window behind the judges desk is very American Idol I think.

I hope the seating is Louis, Sharon, Nicole, Gary.

Seems very likely thats what it will be.. they might switch Nicole and Gary though as they did for last year's live shows.

Reminds me of American Idol's auditions

Official Promo pictures of the judges

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...=feeds-newsxml

How exactly would they air the auditions (both the audition rooms and the arena's)? They could do three weeks of intimate auditions, and the other three weeks for the audience ones?

I was thinking they would have 4 single weeks of audition room auditions and then maybe 2 weeks on a Saturday and Sunday of arena auditions.

Does anyone know when the next auditions are now?