Current x factor judges 2015 biography

British TV competition

Season of television series

The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The twelfth series began airing on ITV on 29 August ^[1] and ended on 13 December The judges were Simon Cowell, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, who returned for their respective ninth and fifth series as judges,^[2]series 9 guest judge and former The Voice UK coach Rita Ora, and BBC Radio 1 DJ Nick Grimshaw, with Grimshaw and Ora replacing Louis Walsh, the only judge who had been on the show from its inception in ,^[3] and Mel B.^[2] It was presented by Caroline Flack and Olly Murs, who had both previously co-presented spin-off show The Xtra Factor on ITV2 and replaced Dermot O'Leary, who left after eight series.^[4]Rochelle Humes and Melvin Odoom presented The Xtra Factor, replacing Sarah-Jane Crawford.

Louisa Johnson was announced as the winner on 13 Decem