Lucy Spraggan wows fans with new look on This Morning 10 years after The X Factor

X Factor has kickstarted the careers of some of the world's biggest artists. The popular singing competition - created by music mogul and TV producer Simon Cowell - ran for 14 years as an ITV staple, pulling in over 14 million viewers during its peak.It initially aired on telly screens in September 2004, replacing Pop Idol to find the nation's newest stars.

Rylan Clark has opened up to fans on his concerns about his new project being a failure. The BBC Radio 2 presenter plans to release his first book in two weeks time, an autobiography called Ten.

Carol Vorderman has ramped up her sizzling Instagram displays as she donned nothing but a towel for her latest set of snaps. The former Countdown star caught her followers' attention last month as she showed off the results of being on a juice retreat.

HOLLY Willoughby and Phillip Schofield are the faces of This Morning - but viewers have called for a huge shake-up. Holly and Phillip hosted their final show on Friday 8 July before taking their annual holiday with a stream of presenters stepping in over the summer. Rochelle Humes, Mollie King, Vernon Kay, and Craig Doyle were among the back up hosts who stepped into their shoes.

Rylan Clark has surprised fans by posting a link to his "OnlyFans" as he tried to drum up support for his new book. The Big Brother star is about to release his new autobiography – Ten – but reckons the other releases coming out on the same day will stop him from reaching the top of the book charts.

This Morning have said the show’s part-time hosts, Ruth Langsford and Rylan Clark, should take over main presenting duties amid calls for a show shake-up.Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield are at the helm of the ITV daytime show, with Ruth and Rylan recently stepping in to cover their absence for a week.However, fans have described Holly and Phil as “well past their sell-by date” after the pair had launched a publicity blitz for their return to the show following their summer break. READ MORE: Ruth Langsford red-faced as she's forced to perform racy dance on This MorningTheir stand-ins were so popular with viewers that ITV bosses are reportedly under pressure to get rid of the regular duo.One viewer typed: “Ruth and Rylan were my favourite couple over the summer break, then Vernon and Josie as he teased her so much.

Jane McDonald has shared her plans to step back from the limelight following her recent heartache. The singer and TV star was left devasted last year when her beloved fiance, Ed Rothe, tragically died.

Idris Elba was quick to apologise to Rochelle Humes on Friday during his appearance on This Morning.

Phillip Schofield has detailed a concern he has ahead of returning to This Morning next week. The presenter took to Instagram to share a glimpse at his early reunion with co-host Holly Willoughby. It has been several weeks since the pair have been seen together after temporarily saying goodbye to the ITV daytime show.

ROCHELLE Humes has revealed a stranger almost made her cry after shouting at her and her son on a flight. The This Morning host, 33, opened up about the incident on today’s show as they discussed if adult only flights should exist.

Rylan Clark and Janette Manrara are returning as hosts of Strictly Come Dancing spin-off It Takes Two. The pair both said they were "excited" about presenting another series of the behind the scenes show, which features interviews, backstage gossip and all the latest Strictly news.The announcement comes after the departure of some of the shows much-loved pros, such as Oti Mabuse and Janette's husband Aljaz Skorjanec.READ MORE: Strictly's Rose Ayling-Ellis' 'relationship hits rocks' after BBC win sparks successRylan, who has hosted It Takes Two since 2019, said: "I'm so excited to be back at Strictly – It Takes Two for my fourth year."I absolutely love being part of the show.

Martin Clunes, 60, has looked back on his time portraying Gary Strang in Men Behaving Badly as he imagined the 1992 sitcom being released in the present climate. The actor admitted that the sexist nature of some parts of the show would not go down well with today’s audiences.Asked about the prospect of an updated Old Men Behaving Badly series, Martin said he would be “in a tribunal” over sexist jokes.Martin also explained that he believed the show was best left a “cherished memory”.He said: “Can you imagine that show coming out now?“It just wouldn’t happen, it would be shot dead at birth.“Talking about Kylie Minogue’s buttocks, you’d be in a tribunal.”Asked whether there would be something else to joke about on the show, Martin said: “Can I quote you on that?“[Because] I don’t think so, unless someone comes up with an amazing script.A”The comedian continued in a recent interview with Radio Times: “It’s a bit like Doc Martin finishing.“It’s best left as a cherished memory rather than something that’s too annoying for words.”Martin recently spoke out about Doc Martin wrapping up after 10 series and explained why now is a "good time" for it to end.Speaking to Ruth Langsford and Rylan Clark on Thursday's This Morning, he revealed how he and his wife and Doc Martin producer Philippa Braithwaite had "worked so hard" on each episode and agreed they wanted to "leave viewers wanting more"."There will be people I know watching it, huge fans of the show who are going, 'But why? We love it, why?'" Ruth commented."It's just a good time to end it," the actor replied."Poor Philippa, I mean she's worked on every single script, 84 of them, and none of them are easy."Because you've got a main protagonist who doesn't like anybody and

Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield are rested up and fully ready to come back to their hosting duties on following their fun-fillled summer breaks. While they’ve made sure they’ve had time to recuperate over the summer break, the presenters reveal they’ve also kept in contact with their daytime TV family via meetups and WhatsApp groups.

This Morning returned to screens on Bank Holiday Monday (August 29) with two familiar faces back hosting the show. Vernon Kay and Rochelle Humes have now stepped in to front the ITV programme and will be taking the reins for the rest of the week.

This Morning was derailed by a fiery clash between two presenters during the latest episode.Monday's edition (August 29) of the ITV show saw chef Clodagh McKenna accuse segment presenter Alice Beer of "eating into her time".The accusation followed Alice weighing in on a debate Clodagh, 47, had been having with hosts Rochelle Humes and Vernon Kay about the correct pronunciation of the word yoghurt.READ MORE: This Morning's Alison Hammond sparks huge backlash as she rides camel in DubaiConfirming that Alice had looked to get involved in the debate, Rochelle said: "Alice Beer's got involved. "What are you saying Alice?"Vernon added: "Oh, it's serious now if Alice Beer's involved."Alice than explained her view on how yoghurt was pronounced, leading to the tense exchange with Clodagh.Following Alice's interruption with her own opinion on the yoghurt issue, the chef said: "Alice, you're eating into my time."You have your own slot."A stunned-looking Alice replied: "You can do some of mine, OK? "You can come into my item as well then."As their exchange ended, both Clodagh and Alice broke down into laughter - confirming their debate had only been in good jest.Clodagh said: "I'm only joking.

The X Factor's rumoured return next year as she shared her views on the programme for offering a "platform".The singer who is celebrating 11 years in music and ten years since appearing on the former ITV talent competition explained the show offered the break some singers need.However, she also revealed that she hopes if it returns, there will be a major change in the backstage welfare care provided for contestants.READ MORE: Lucy Spraggan says TV 'needed a shake up' when X Factor was axedFollowing the release of her new single, Everything Changes which samples her hit Last Night (Beer Fear), Lucy exclusively shared her experiences in the music industry.She told the Daily Star: "My point of view is that if you are northern, working class and you're from a single parent family and you don't go to BRIT school, you have no opportunities, you don't."You can play at pubs but you won't get anywhere, you might go to a record label like I did and they'll tell you that your surname isn't emotional enough and to change your surname to Lucy Diamond because Spraggan is a northern, Scottish surname."Northern people in our industry, they come from reality TV so there is a place for it."The hitmaker who was the first act to perform her music and has released more albums than any other X Factor artist continued: "There isn't a place for walking out in front of an audience and letting them boo you."That doesn't happen in life, I've never walked into a record label and said 'here's my album what do you think guys, we're going to release it' and anyone's ever looked at me and gone 'booo!' or been like 'I think you look sh*t' like they do on reality TV."It's a place and platform for working-class northern people to have their shot."Speaking

Fans were delighted after Rylan Clark brought X Factor pal Lucy Spraggan onto his BBC Radio Two show to sing karaoke with him.The usual radio segment sees famous singers join Rylan, 33, for a duet, and he chose Disney classic 'A Whole New World' from Aladdin for Lucy's appearance on the show. Uploading the video to his Instagram, Rylan wrote "KaRYoke… Rylan X Lucy Spraggan", before showing the pair belting out the love song live on air.

CHER Lloyd looks worlds away from her X Factor days in stunning new snaps on Instagram. She rose to fame in 2010 aged just 16 when she came fourth in Simon Cowell's talent show. The Malvern-born beauty has transformed from teen to a perfectly-preened popstar.

KOURTNEY Kardashian's daughter Penelope has layered on gobs of makeup in a new TikTok video. Some fans called the famous figure’s parenting alarming after her 10-year-old glammed up to a cute but bewildering extent. Penelope posted the clip to the popular platform on a joint account shared with her mom Friday.