2005 Australian Television Series Debuts - The X Factor, Australia's Next Top Model, Cycle 1, Temptation, 20 to 1, Toasted TV, Spicks and Specks (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: The X Factor, Australia's Next Top Model, Cycle 1, Temptation, 20 to 1, Toasted TV, Spicks and Specks, We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year, The New Tomorrow, Blue Water High, RocKwiz, Weekend Sunrise, Joker Poker, Ready Steady Cook, List of RocKwiz episodes, HeadLand, Collectors, Australian Princess, Last Man Standing, Salam Cafe, Outback House, Celebrity Circus, The Up-Late Game Show, Aussie Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, The Alice, The B Team, Let Loose Live, Camp Orange, The Big Night In with John Foreman, True Stories, The Colony, Speaking in Tongues, Medical Emergency, The Sunday Roast, Our Place, Skating on Thin Ice. Excerpt: The X Factor is a television show, adapted from the original UK show as part of The X Factor franchise. It originally broadcast on Network Ten on its first series in 2005, until it got cancelled due to poor ratings. The show now broadcasts on the Seven Network in Australia and on TV3 in New Zealand, with spin-off behind-the-scenes show The Xtra Factor screened on 7Two. In the initial televised audition phase of the show, contestants sing in front of the judges - currently Ronan Keating, Guy Sebastian, Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Melanie Brown. and a live audience, in the hope of getting through to the "boot camp" round. After a further selection process, the judges are each given a category to mentor and the chosen finalists then progress to the final phase of the competition, during which the public vote for their favourite act following weekly live performances by the contestants. The winning contestant then releases the winner's single and receives a recording contract with record label Sony Music Australia. There have been two winners to date, Random and Altiyan Childs. The Australian version of The X Factor mirrors the UK format. The show aims to find talent over t...