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The sixth series of The X Factor is a British television music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions. The programme began airing on ITV on 22 August 2009.

Format

Broadcasts

The judges, Simon Cowell, Dannii Minogue, Louis Walsh and Cheryl Cole, have returned for this series. Dermot O'Leary again presents the main ITV1 programme with Holly Willoughby hosting spin-off programme The Xtra Factor on ITV2, returning to work just over a month after giving birth to her first child. This series of The X Factor is sponsored by TalkTalk and will feature break bumpers pioneered by CHI & Partners, showing light graffiti set against night-time backdrops across Britain. Part of the deal, which applies to ITV1, ITV2 and the programme's website, sees TalkTalk customers having the chance to design the break bumpers and download exclusive content.

Auditions

During June and July 2009, the auditions were held across five venues; London's Excel Centre, Manchester's Manchester Central, Birmingham's ICC, Cardiff's CIA and Glasgow's Braehead Arena. In a change to the previous series, auditions were held in front of a live audience due to the success of a similar system on Britain's Got Talent. However, Glaswegian audtionees had already been judged through the previous format, meaning that they had to apply again as their initial audition was void.

Boot Camp

As with the auditions, the Boot Camp was filmed with a live audience on 1 August at the Hammersmith Apollo..The boot camp stages will air 26th September.

Live Shows

The live shows will start on Saturday 10 October with a results show on the Sunday evening. Big names like Robbie Williams, Madonna, Whitney Houston, Rihanna and many more are all lined up for the most star studded line up yet on the X Factor.

Reception

Viewing figures

The first episode, which aired on 22 August and showed the first set of auditions, attracted 9.9 million viewers; 47.9% of the viewing audience and the largest amount of viewers within its timeslot.

Controversy and criticism

On 2 August 2009, The People reported that some Boot Camp contestants felt they'd been poorly treated by the show's producers; one compared the experience with that of a concentration camp and another claimed that those competing were only allowed to use the toilet twice a day. However, a spokesperson for the programme refuted the claims, saying "Yes, it was long hours but they knew what they were signing up for. The hopefuls got breakfast at the hotel and decent food throughout the day".

References

1. Daly, Susan (8 August 2009). "The boo hoo factor". Irish Independent. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
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3. ^ Alarcon, Camille (3 August 2009). "TalkTalk to sponsor The X Factor". Marketing Week. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
4. Bourne, Dianne (4 July 2009). "X Factor judges' 20-yard car ride". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
5. "Cheryl Cole gives her legs an outing in summery mini skirt - and bright red 6in heels". Daily Mail. 30 June 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
6. Dagnell, Andrew (12 July 2009). "Cardiff X Factor wannabes pour into Cardiff's CIA". Wales on Sunday. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
7. Kilkelly, Daniel (14 July 2009). "Cowell helps distressed 'X Factor' fan". Digital Spy. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
8. Fletcher, Alex (15 June 2009). "'X Factor' auditions to have live audience". Digital Spy. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
9. Kilkelly, Daniel (17 June 2009). "Susan Boyle inspired 'X Factor' changes". Digital Spy. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
10. Fletcher, Alex (22 June 2009). "'X Factor' contestants to re-audition". Digital Spy. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
11. McMahon, Kate (27 July 2009). "X Factor boot camp to be filmed with live audience". Broadcast. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
12. Wilkes, Neil (23 August 2009). "'The X Factor' opens to 9.9 million". Digital Spy. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
13. ^ Kilkelly, Daniel (2 August 2009). "'X Factor' stars reveal boot camp woes". Digital Spy. Retrieved 4 August 2009.

External links

• The X Factor at itv.com
• The X Factor on Twitter

• The X Factor
• 2009 in British television
• 2009 in television
• 2009 in the United Kingdom