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The X Factor

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The Christmas Number One: an alternative to the alternative

All this "ooh let's get Rage Against The Machine to Number One" business is seriously starting to grate now. Do you know which song would have been better to pick?…
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Oh God is it that time of the year again

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30ZjMzuprWc Regular Popjustice viewers will know how tiresome we find sup­posedly 'viral' campaigns of the 'get this song to Number One LOL' variety and one of this year's Christmas efforts…
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'Apols' — November 2009

November 24 On November 24 we bravely posted a positive story about the current Sugababes looking quite nice in a pho­to­graph but referred to the band as 'Sugababes' — with…
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But seriously

We've become slightly obsessed with Danyl's per­form­ance in the X Factor 'You Are Not Alone' video. It's no secret that he mastered the art of extreme ser­i­ous­face quite early on…
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Notes on Leona Lewis' 'Happy'

» This song has not, as you might have imagined, been out for several weeks. In fact it was only released yesterday. » It does seem to have been knocking…
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It's movie week on The X Factor — get your playsheet here…

We're looking forward to some 'filmic frolics' on tonight's X Factor — don't forget to download your playsheet (below) and play along with us on Twitter at @popjustice. Right-click here…
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Pop around the clock

This is the sleeve for the X Factor Finallists version of Michael Jackson's 'You Are Not Alone'. It's been done with computers, they're not all suspended on wires. The good thing…
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Is Stacey Solomon the greatest X Factor contestant of all time?

Probably not but she's def­in­itely in the Top 10.  Ahead of tomorrow night's show take some time to watch this incred­ible clip on the X Factor website. (We know that at…
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Stickerwatch: Aburke

1. Alexandra Burke won The X Factor you know. Do you think that if Steve Brookstein releases an album tomorrow he is allowed to put 'The X Factor WINNER' on…
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The moment light entertainment died, was reborn then ate itself

We know some of you don't watch The X Factor - you're bored of reality TV, you don't buy into the whole thing, you think it's crap or whatever. That's…

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    Congratulations to Charli XCX and Lorde: winners of the 2024 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize
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    The 2024 Twenty Quid Music Prize: Shortlist
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    The 2023 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: Shortlist
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    Fine, let's do a Substack then.
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    The 2022 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: shortlist
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    2021 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: Laura Mvula wins
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