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Rhydian Roberts quits Simon Cowell's Syco record label

Rhydian Roberts

X Factor 2007 runner up Rhydian Roberts has quit Simon Cowell’s Syco record label with which he has released two albums, it has been confirmed. The classical Brit award nominated artist said that Syco was longer the best label for his music, insisting he wanted to be taken seriously as a singer.

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X Factor needs more girlbands, plea The Saturday's

Mollie King

Pop girl group The Saturdays want to see more successful girl bands come out of The X Factor, according to reports. Groups have always had limited success from The X Factor, with only JLS and G4 going on to have any sort of career after the live shows. A girl group has yet to make it any further than Week 7, usually leaving in the first two weeks.

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Rhydian: "The standard's not very good"

Rhydian Roberts

X Factor 2007 runner up Rhydian Roberts is not impressed with the talent on this year’s show, saying that the standards aren’t very good and that the show is not about singers anymore.

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Rhydian: Danyl is "not a nice guy"

Rhydian Roberts

X Factor 2007 runner up Rhydian Roberts has blasted X Factor hopeful Danyl Johnson, calling him “too arrogant” and “not a nice guy”, adding that he really hopes Johnson doesn’t win this series of the show.

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Rhydian Roberts misses out on X Factor performance

Rhydian Roberts

X Factor 2007 runner up, Rhydian Roberts, has revealed that he has once again missed out on the opportunity to perform on the X Factor results show – despite being signed to Simon’s record label, Syco. Rhydian releases his second album next week and will be on tonight’s Xtra Factor to promote it.

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2007 winner Leon Jackson backs Rikki Loney

Rikki Loney

Winner of the 2007 X factor contest, Leon Jackson, has revealed he is backing fellow Scot Rikki Loney in this years series. Jackson first noticed Rikki in last year’s series when he was sent home at the bootcamp stages.

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X Factor 2007's Niki Evans brands show ageist and sexist

Niki Evans

Former X factor contestant Niki Evans has branded the show for being ageist and sexist. Niki, who made it through to the live shows in 2007, claims that it is impossible for an older woman to win the show.

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