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The winner of the competition is awarded a recording contract, stated to be worth £1 million, with Syco in association with Sony Music Entertainment. In series 5, this deal consisted of a £150,000 cash advance with the balance covering the costs of recording and marketing. Other highly placed contestants may also be offered recording deals, but this is not guaranteed. In series 1–3, the premise of The X Factor was that the winner would be managed in the industry by their mentor on the show. With music executive Cowell and managers Osbourne and Walsh as judges/mentors, any of the three would be qualified to do so. Following the appointment of singer Dannii Minogue as a judge in series 4, the same principle could not universally apply. In fact, when Minogue won series 4 with Leon Jackson, a new outside manager was appointed.

The X Factor Live Tour is a live show that tours the UK and Ireland in the months following the conclusion of the TV series. It features an array of finalists and other memorable contestants from the most recent X Factor series.

Judges and presenters

Judges

From series 1 to 3, the X Factor judges were music executive and TV producer Simon Cowell, music manager and TV personality Sharon Osbourne and music manager Louis Walsh. Pop singer, dancer and TV personality Paula Abdul was a special guest judge at the series 3 London auditions.

After the third series, Walsh was dropped from the show, being replaced by American choreographer Brian Friedman and Australian singer and actress Dannii Minogue. After a week, however, Friedman was re-assigned the role of Creative Director because Simon Cowell believed the judging panel was not working. Walsh then resumed his place on the panel, and the series 4 judging lineup was finally confirmed in June 2007 as Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne, Louis Walsh and Dannii Minogue. On 15 December 2007, Dannii Minogue became the first female judge to win after her series 4 victory with Leon Jackson.

Speculation surrounded judging lineup changes for series 5, centring on whether or not Sharon Osbourne would return. On 6 June 2008 (six days before filming for series 5 was due to begin), ITV confirmed that Osbourne had left the show, and Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole was confirmed as her replacement four days later. It was confirmed that a number of other artists and producers had been approached regarding Osbourne's replacement, including former Spice Girl Melanie Brown, Paula Abdul, Sinitta, and former Pop Idol judge Pete Waterman. Osbourne stated that she left The X Factor because she did not enjoy working with Dannii Minogue.

During series 5 it was rumoured that judge Dannii Minogue would leave the show after the series' conclusion, and that Sharon Osbourne would return to replace her in series 6. These rumours continued during the lead-up to series 6. Others tipped to replace Minogue included Robbie Williams, Victoria Beckham, Charlotte Church, Lily Allen, Sinitta and Randy Jackson.^[27][28] Simon Cowell reportedly held discussions about model Kate Moss joining the show as the contestants' "stylist". However, Minogue did not leave and all four judges from series 5 returned for series 6. On 13 December 2009, Cheryl Cole became the first judge to win two series in a row after her victories in series 5 with Alexandra Burke and series 6 with Joe McElderry.

Due to Minogue's maternity leave for series 7, a series of guest judges will fill in for her at the audition stages before she rejoins the panel in September. The guest judges were Geri Halliwell, Natalie Imbruglia, Katy Perry, Pixie Lott and Nicole Scherzinger. In July 2010, Cole was diagnosed with malaria towards the end of the auditions. Cowell confirmed that Bootcamp would go ahead but with guest judges and not Cole.^{[citation needed]}

The judges' appearance on screen is accompanied by several pieces of music including Tomoyasu Hotei's Battle Without Honor Or Humanity, Craig Armstrong's O Verona, O Fortuna from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana and Come With Me by Puff Daddy and Jimmy Page.^{[citation needed]}

Presenters and coaches

The show was hosted up to series 3 by Kate Thornton. Thornton was replaced from series 4 by Dermot O'Leary who signed a contract worth £1 million to present two series of the programme on ITV1. O'Leary was not forced to leave the Big Brother franchise and continued to present Big Brother sister shows during summer 2007. However, Dermot announced that Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack was to be his last Big Brother hosting role so he could focus on presenting The X Factor.

Brian Friedman has continued in his role as performance coach and choreographer (billed as "Creative Director") since series 4. Yvie Burnett has been X Factor vocal coach since series 2. Voice-overs are provided by Peter Dickson and Enn Reitel.

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