I'm no Susan Boyle, insists singing Tesco worker Mary Byrne

Mary Byrne

Singing Tesco checkout worker Mary Byrne has said she’s no Susan Boyle following comparisons after her audition on last night’s show. Mary wowed the judges and audience in Dublin with her rendition of Shirley Bassey’s ‘I Who Have Nothing’ to sail through to bootcamp with four yeses from the judges.

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Former X Factor hopeful Anastasia gets through to bootcamp

Anastasia

Former X Factor auditionee Anastasia returned to The X Factor last night where she once again got through to bootcamp. The 21-year-old originally auditioned two years back in Series 5 where she made the judges’ houses, but wasn’t taken through to the live finals by then mentor Cheryl Cole.

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Mary Byrne impresses the judges in Dublin with her voice

Mary Byrne

Mary Byrne left the judges close to speechless and Cheryl in tears with her audition on last night’s show. The Tesco checkout worker impressed the panel as she belted out Shirley Bassey’s ‘I Who Have Nothing’ to get four yeses into the next round.

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VIDEO: The X Factor 2010 - Auditions Week 2 Preview!

Adrian

With just a little over a day to go until The X Factor returns to our TV screens we have a sneak peak at what to expect from tomorrow’s second auditio show. Boy group The Reason impress the panel in London with a cover of Cheryl Cole’s Fight For This Love…

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Boyband 'The Reason' impress the judges with Cheryl Cole cover

Cheryl Cole

A five piece boyband called The Reason impress the judges on tomorrow’s show with a cover of Cheryl Cole’s ‘Fight For This Love’. The group from Southampton, which is made up of friends Scott, Glenn, Nathan and Mark, were originally called ‘The WhiteVine RawHigs’ and were featured on our website back in July.

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In Pictures: The X Factor 2010 auditions - Week 2

Kirsty Crawford

The X Factor continues on our screens tomorrow night (August 28) at 7:30PM for what is set to the be the biggest series to date. With over 12 million viewers tuning into last week’s opening show, tomorrow’s follow up event is set to be huge. We’ve gathered some pictures of the acts you can expect to see on your telly in the very near future!

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Simon Cowell 'replaces' Saturday's planned X Factor episode

Simon Cowell

Simon Cowell has reportedly replaced Saturday’s planned X Factor 2010 episode with one originally meant to air in September, according to reports. Following on from last weekend’s Auto-Tune scandal, work is currently underway to re-edit and check the future audition shows before they air.

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Revealed: The top 3 most popular auditions from week 1

Katie

We’ve been looking over our statistics from the X Factor 2010 videos section of our website to see what auditions have been watched the most since Saturday, and here are the top 3 our visitors have been catching up on over the week, based on a sample of more than 70,000 visitors!

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The X Factor 2010: Auditions Week 1 in review

J-Ham

We are barely out of summer yet the search for the next person to top the X Factor Winning Odds and release a single for Christmas number one 2010 has begun. Last Saturday saw more than 12 million people tune into the first audition show of the seventh series, but how promising were the contestants who are already through to bootcamp?

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The X Factor 2010 judges' houses locations revealed

Cheryl Cole

The locations of this year’s X Factor 2010 judges’ houses have been revealed, according to tabloid reports. This year there will be eight contestants in each of the four categories jetting off around the world, a move made to help make both Dannii and Cheryl’s decisions easier. But where are the contestants heading off to?

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