The country’s number one entertainment show, The X Factor has opened auditions on Facebook for this year’s series. 

Even though the ITV1 show’s open auditions tour of six major cities has been completed, the auditions on Facebook still allow people to apply until 8th May 2012.

Potential singers and groups simply need to record a video and upload it via the Audition tab on the show’s Facebook Page. Stand out acts will be asked to audition in person, and could go on to audition in front of The X Factor Judges.

Richard Holloway, Managing Director, Thames, and Executive Producer for The X Factor says:  “We want to cast our net as wide as possible to find the best talent the country has to offer and allowing people to enter via Facebook ensures we reach a whole new audience.”

Also, in an exciting first for the series, people can enter The X Factor whether they are an amateur artist, have had a management deal in the past or have one now.  Applicants must be aged 16 or over.

Click here to apply for The X Factor via Facebook

The winner of The X Factor receives a life changing recording contract.

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Notes to Editors

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To be eligible to apply entrants must have the right to live and work in the UK. 

The X Factor

The X Factor is one of the most watched entertainment programmes in the UK. Airing on ITV, the UK’s largest commercial broadcaster, it was created by Simon Cowell and is owned and co-produced by Syco TV (a joint venture between Simon Cowell and Sony Music Entertainment) and Thames (a label of FremantleMedia UK). The X Factor has been the number one show in the UK for eight years and was named was named Best Talent Show at the National TV Awards in January. The 2011 finale, held at Wembley Arena in front of a live audience of 12,000, was the most watched TV show of the year. The official X Factor website, www.itv.com/xfactor, is produced by FremantleMedia UK Interactive with ITV and is the online home for The X Factor 2012. The X Factor is sponsored by TalkTalk.

For further information please contact: 
Caren Davies, The X Factor Press Office, 0207 691 5966

For further information on Facebook please contact:

Emily Clarke | Nelson Bostock Communications

D: +44 (0)20 7792 7433 | M: +44 (0)7734 967 284 emily.clarke@nelsonbostock.com

17 April 2012