The X Factor won’t be returning to our screens. It had long outstayed its welcome
Like a knackered old cruise singer who has finally decided that this cover of Make You Feel My Love will be, must be, their last, The X Factor has slunk offstage for good.
The talent show has not been on air since 2018 but, last week, ITV confirmed that, after 17 years, it was a no from the channel and there are no plans to bring it back. Reports suggest that its creator and overlord, Simon Cowell, pulled the plug to prevent it becoming “a joke”, which makes me think Cowell has not been on the internet in the past decade.
