The New Sky Original Series Explores The Entertainment Juggernaut, The X Factor
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The era-defining entertainment juggernaut, The X Factor, is to be explored in a brand new Sky original documentary series.
Did you have The X Factor? Did you think you did? Were you a fan of the show? Then this is for you. Sky today confirmed it has greenlit a premium, definitive documentary series exploring the era-defining entertainment juggernaut.
The documentary will speak to those closest to The X Factor story, both in front of and behind the camera, including Simon Cowell. The series is produced by award-winning independent production company 72 Films, whose hits include Grierson-winning The Zelensky Story and Emmy-winning 9/11: One Day in America, and will build on Sky Documentaries’ reputation for critically-acclaimed unfiltered documentaries, with recent highlights including Boyzone: No Matter What, Hatton, and Klitschko: More Than a Fight.
BEHIND THE SERIES
The series is a 72 Films production, commissioned for Sky Documentaries. The Series Director is Tim Lawton (7/7: Homegrown Terror). The Executive Producers for 72 Films are Mark Raphael and Clare Cameron, with Kate O’Hara serving as Series Showrunner. The Executive Producers for Sky are Hayley Reynolds and Bruce Fletcher.
ABOUT THE X FACTOR
The X Factor started in the United Kingdom in 2004, with a judging panel which consisted of Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh for the first four series. After Sharon Osbourne left the panel, she was replaced by Dannii Minogue, later to be joined by Girls Aloud singer, Cheryl. After 15 series, in 2019, it was announced that the show would be rested due to declining ratings. In 2021, it was announced that ITV had no plans to make another series, effectively cancelling the programme. The format travelled across the world, with 16 countries making their own versions of the show, including the United States and Spain.
The Sky original series will premiere at a later date.
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