[all new phil]

I agree that constant chopping and changing doesn't help matters but unlike most shows The X Factor had a very high place to fall from and the amount of viewers wasn't going to half in the space of a year or even two. Up until series 10, the show's claim of making stars out of people couldn't be called into question as there was always someone who had a good career out of the show. Sam Bailey was probably the first winner you couldn't imagine going anywhere, Ben Haenow the same but they still got to No.1 at least. Everyone afterwards, only decent singers and by then the show was seen as a curse.

I kind of like the irony of this thread becoming a bit of a battle between Strictly and X Factor. 

I was confused a few weeks back - and I’m even more confused about it given recent revelations from her book - when Cowell appeared on The One Show with Lucy Spraggan, hinting they were working together on what sounded like a reboot of the show. 

I do genuinely think we’ll see it reappear within the next few years however.