X Factor
Televised talent search
X Factor, often with the article as The X Factor, is a television talent competition franchise that originated in the UK in 2004 and spawned versions in dozens of countries.
The show searches for singing talent, with the title suggesting contestants need that indefinable star quality: She auditioned for X Factor three times before making it through. (Lowercase x factor is the general term for an indefinable special quality.)
- talentInborn aptitude
- raw talentInnate ability before training
- talent showAmateur performance contest
- auditionTrial performance for selection
- starLuminous astronomical object
star quality · charisma · sparkle · Simon · Simon Cowell · judges · stage · standing ovation · golden buzzer · contestant · crowd favorite · singing · competition · magic · presence · je ne sais quoi · special · unique
- British TVDoctor Who, Coronation Street, EastEnders, The Crown, Downton Abbey
- ITVCoronation Street, Britain's Got Talent, Love Island, ITV2, I'm a Celebrity
- reality TVSurvivor, contestant, The Bachelor, elimination, The Bachelorette
- talent competitionstalent show, talent shows, auditions, judges panel, golden buzzer
- British EventsWimbledon, FA Cup, Grand National, British Open, Premier League
- Simon FullerAmerican Idol, Spice Girls, talent shows, reality TV
X Factormediocrity
Quality of being average
ordinariness · blandness · averageness · unremarkableness · dullness
X Factorknown quantity
Established, predictable element
sure thing · technical proficiency · safe bet · certainty · transparency
X FactorMasterChef
Culinary competition show
Hell's Kitchen · cooking show · Top Chef · Iron Chef · The Apprentice
factor, factors, factorial, factory, factories, factoring, factored, manufacture, manufactured