‘X Factor’ judges use code names while checking into hotels

October 6th, 2009 LONDON - Music mogul Simon Cowell is all set to launch his own aftershave. Cowell and his fellow judges at The X Factor - Louis Walsh, Dannii Minogue and Cheryl Cole - will release X-Factor fragrances.

October 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Leona Lewis says that she would not have been a big showbiz celebrity, had her boyfriend Lou Al-Chamaa not convinced her to audition for UK TV talent show 'The X Factor'. The 24-year hit it big in 2006 when she wowed Brit viewers with her voice, and went on to win the finale of the singing competition.

October 4th, 2009 LONDON - Kylie Minogue will reportedly make a guest appearance on the hit television music talent show 'The X-Factor'. The Aussie singer will purportedly share the space with sister Dannii for the judges' houses section.

September 27th, 2009 LONDON - Kylie Minogue has teamed up with little sister Dannii for the X Factor. The sisters had a great time as they auditioned Dannii's six acts at the luxurious Atlantis Palm hotel in Dubai to select the lucky three for the final.

September 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Louis Walsh, who feels a little old compared to his younger fellow judges on The X Factor, has now resorted to surgery to keep up with them, it has emerged. The 57-year-old Walsh is believed to have flown to LA for surgery to remove the bags under his eyes.

September 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Sir Mick Jagger, who was famous for his hellraiser behavior in his youth, has admitted that just partying doesn't make one successful in life. "You can't give into temptation all your life, otherwise you'd have no through line; you'd never get anything finished," Contactmusic quoted him as telling Britain's Vogue magazine.

August 25th, 2009 Danyl Johnson a 27-year-old teacher who most casually with cargo shorts and sneakers came for the audition of X Factor, and with a fantastic performance not only wins the heart of the audience but also achieve a rare standing ovation from the celebrity judge Simon. The X Factor is a British television music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions.

August 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Aussie singer Dannii Minogue has asked Robbie Williams to get in shape before he sings on 'The X Factor'. Minogue, who's a judge on the show, insists she's a big fan of 'Take That' band member but is looking a bit too tubby to be at his best.

August 13th, 2009 LONDON - Brit supermodel Kate Moss has been lined up to join one of the four judges on the ITV1 talent hit show the 'X Factor' and to help in picking up this year's finalists. Moss, 35, is in talks right now to be a part of the show, with bosses wanting her to help them cut down this year's wannabes from 24 to the final 12, reports the Sun.

August 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Simon Cowell is reportedly desperate to sign Queen of Pop Madonna to guide 'The X Factor' contestants as a guest mentor. He is said to have asked show bosses to allocate some extra cash in their budget to fund a one-off deal with the Material Girl.

July 8th, 2009 Online teasers precede new Dan Brown novelNEW YORK — The promotion for Dan Brown's new thriller will itself be a bit of a puzzle. Publisher Doubleday announced Tuesday that Brown's "The Lost Symbol" — his first novel since "The Da Vinci Code" — will be preceded by a summer-long procession of "codes, cryptic trivia, puzzles, secret history, maps, aphorisms" and other daily teasers on Facebook and Twitter.

July 7th, 2009 LONDON - Madonna is reportedly in talks with TV mogul Simon Cowell to perform on this year's X-Factor. Lady GaGa, Rihanna and Robbie Williams are the other singing sensations whom ITV1 talent show is targeting to rope in for special performances.

July 7th, 2009 LONDON - Pop diva Madonna may perform on this year's popular music talent show "X Factor". "This year is going to be bigger than ever - we are planning to get the best names in music, thesun.co.uk quoted a source as saying.

May 9th, 2009 LONDON - Pop star Dannii Minogue is set to return as an 'X Factor' judge, if reports are to be believed. Though Dannii left the show after she allegedly had feud with fellow judges Cheryl Cole and former judge Sharon Stone, she will be donning the judge's cap again because the show's boss Simon Cowell has failed to find an apt replacement.

May 6th, 2009 LONDON - It looks like Aussie singer Dannii Minogue has decided to quit as a co-judge on the 'X Factor' show. Minogue, 37, who feels unsure after the feuds with Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh, has not signed her contract for the third series, even though first round auditions started two weeks ago.