34-453: (Redirected from Xtra Factor ) The Xtra Factor may refer to: The Xtra Factor (UK TV series) , British television programme The Xtra Factor (New Zealand TV series) , New Zealand television programme The Xtra Factor (Australian TV series) , Australian television programme Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
68-695: A lease at Wembley in June 1927, though it was for the Lucullus Garden Club Restaurant site, not the Palace of Engineering. Their financial backing fell through and in May 1928 the lease was sold to Victor Sheridan. Sheridan announced that £500,000 was to be spent on developing the biggest and best-equipped studio centre in Europe, British Talking Pictures engaged with Dynamics Corporation of New York to develop and supply
102-453: A main auditorium which will be designed for use in a number of layouts. This will be formed from the 1,340 m (14,400 sq ft) former studio space. In addition, various parts of the building will be used in a number of layouts and for a number of functions, including the former offices, restaurant, storage areas and car parks. Work started in September 2017 with minor modifications to
136-719: A major fire, the studio was never as successful as had been hoped. They were taken over by the American Fox Film Company, who leased the site and then bought it outright in 1936. Fox used the studio for the production of their ' quota quickies '. A change in the law in 1938 led 20th Century Fox to use other studios, but it retained ownership. During the war the studios were leased to the military (the Army Kinematograph Service and RAF Film Unit ), with intermittent rental to independents. Ealing Studios filmed Ships with Wings at Wembley in 1941. There
170-492: A new improved Electromagnetic horn driver known as the Type 1 for its state of the art studio. Sheridan sold his lease to British Talking Pictures a few months later. In September 1928, British Talking Pictures formed a subsidiary, British Sound Film Productions, to make films at Wembley. Wembley Studios was Britain's first purpose-built sound studios. Its three sound stages were officially opened in September 1929. Perhaps because of
204-473: A single Thursday night live edition of The Xtra Factor as a replacement for the Saturday edition. Until Series 10, after the series has come to an end, The Xtra Factor has a week of special programmes titled Best and Worst , featuring the best and worst auditions from the previous series, ranging from one to five episodes each year. A 60-minute special titled The Winner's Story is broadcast each year over
238-665: A single studio, it was the largest fully equipped television studio in the UK – 500 sq ft (46 m ) larger than HQ1 at Dock10 , MediaCityUK in Salford and 2,000 sq ft (190 m ) larger than Studio 1 at BBC Television Centre . Internationally, larger studios exist in Germany and in the United States, although many of these fall into the category of soundstages and are not fully-equipped television studios . Fountain undertook
272-592: Is a companion show to the British television music competition The X Factor . It was broadcast on ITV2 and on TV3 in the Republic of Ireland , on Saturday and Sunday nights after the main ITV show from 4 September 2004 to 11 December 2016. It featured behind-the-scenes footage of The X Factor and shows the emotional responses of the contestants after the judges comment on their performances. The commissioning of The Xtra Factor
306-509: The 1960s the studios were home to some of the most popular programmes on the ITV network, including The Rat Catchers , Blackmail , At Last, The 1948 Show and The Frost Report . The Beatles appeared on more than one occasion at the studios. When Associated-Rediffusion lost its weekday ITV franchise in 1968, the television studios entered a difficult period. For a time they became LWT's broadcast base and were used to record shows such as On
340-568: The Buses , Please Sir and Upstairs Downstairs . The 1970s through to the 1990s saw the demise and demolition of the film studio complex and the decline of the television studios under many different owners. Fountain Television began its existence as a studio and post-production facility in New Malden, Surrey in 1985. After hosting shows such as Ready Steady Cook and Wizadora , the company took
374-631: The daunting task of the refurbishment and by 1994 the first shows began to trickle in. Hearts of Gold with Esther Rantzen , Talking Telephone Numbers and The Day Today were amongst the first shows to use Fountain's facilities. Many high-profile productions were still produced at Fountain Studios up until its closure in February 2017; these include The X Factor , Play to the Whistle , 1000 Heartbeats and Britain's Got Talent . In January 2016, it
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#1732891615921408-474: The episode after the live performance shows was 30 minutes long instead of an hour. Up to the live shows, episodes of The Xtra Factor were pre-recorded, and during the live shows, they were broadcast live from the Fountain Studios , however, for series 13, The Xtra Factor became The Xtra Factor Live which aired live from The Hospital Club after every pre-recorded X Factor show. The live editions after
442-502: The existing studios were fully converted by the time commercial television began in September 1955, with the other two by the end of the year. An expansion on the site, the newly built Studio 5, opened in 1960. It was the largest television studio in Europe, and could be split into two parts for separate productions when required. The first production was An Arabian Night with Orson Welles . Shows such as Ready Steady Go! , No Hiding Place and Take Your Pick were to follow. During
476-470: The festive period, featuring the winner of that year's X Factor . Cameras follow the winner from the announcement of the result through the lead-up to the Christmas number one. As from 2010, one week before each series due to start, there features a special called X Factor Rewind looking back at the previous year's contestants and what happened to them during The X Factor and what has happened to them since
510-448: The first four weeks during the auditions, then every Sunday for the next five weeks during bootcamp and the six-chair challenge, before returning to both Saturday and Sundays, live for judges' houses). From the live shows, the Saturday episode was replaced by a live episode on Thursdays for the remainder of the series, starting on 29 October 2015. For series 13, it reverted to airing directly after each ITV broadcast of The X Factor , though
544-422: The judges and contestants. Facebook statuses and tweets were read out as well. It also showed the emotional responses of the contestants after the judges comment on their performances. A celebrity panel was usually featured, who gave their opinions on the contestants. Voiceovers from series 1–6 were done by Peter Dickson , and by Brian Blessed in series 7. Dickson returned in series 8 and continued his role until
578-572: The live shows were still filmed at the Fountain Studios On 18 January 2017, it was announced that The Xtra Factor would be axed after 13 years and would be replaced by an online show instead. Until series 3 , The Xtra Factor was hosted by Ben Shephard . Shephard did not return for series 4, and Fearne Cotton took over as presenter, for series 4 only, before leaving the show to concentrate on her career in America. For series 5 , Cotton
612-409: The middle of the week on ITV2. The Xtra Factor: Xcess All Areas was a live show in which there were interviews, games and trips around the contestants' homes. The show also let viewers know which songs the contestants would be singing in the next live show. Both shows were axed after series 3 due to ITV2 cutting back on spin-off programing. For the series 12 live shows, both formats were revived under
646-407: The new co-presenters for series 8 by The X Factor 's official Twitter page. Both Flack and Murs returned in 2012, however, due to touring in America with One Direction , Murs only presented the live shows though he did recorded interviews with the contestants earlier in the series, while guest presenters such as Jedward and Westlife helped Flack with the audition stages. In April 2013, it
680-416: The opportunity to purchase the badly run-down Wembley site in 1993 for redevelopment. Studio 5 (now known as Studio A & Studio B), is 14,000 sq ft (1,300 m ) including the firelanes. An unusual feature of the studio is a soundproof double door which can be lowered in 30 minutes to reconfigure the space into two separate studios, each with its own independent control facilities. When used as
714-466: The scene dock area and the addition of extra fire doors. It is expected that the first productions will start in the early part of 2018 Brent Council has various documents relating to the Theatre use. London promoter LWE hosted a club night on 6 May 2018 featuring The Martinez Brothers headlining a Cuttin' Headz showcase. That was followed on 10 May 2018 by an appearance from Paul Kalkbrenner. Some photos of
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#1732891615921748-579: The show ended after series 13. Redd Pepper only featured in one episode – series 12’s judges houses. The Xtra Factor usually aired on ITV2 directly after the ITV broadcast of The X Factor . Therefore, from series 1 to 5, The Xtra Factor aired once a week. From Series 6, with the introduction of the Sunday results show, The Xtra Factor aired twice a week, during weeks that there were two episodes of The X Factor . In series 12, initially The Xtra Factor aired directly after every show (Saturday and Sunday for
782-559: The show ended. In Series 12, these programmes aired in late afternoon slots on weekends. They started two weeks before the show began, and finished the day the show started, for the first time on ITV. In 2016, the same format was used, but with only 2 episodes, and airing on ITV2. Fountain Studios Fountain Studios was an independently owned television studio in Wembley Park , northwest London , England. The company
816-414: The studios was The X Factor on 4 December 2016, after which the studio was closed, and the site sold to property developer Quintain. It is now known as Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre . In 1927, Ralph J. Pugh and Rupert Mason founded British Incorporated Pictures with the intention of creating an American-style studio complex in the former British Empire Exhibition 's Palace of Engineering. They bought
850-542: The title The Xtra Factor . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Xtra_Factor&oldid=892184795 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Xtra Factor (UK TV series) The Xtra Factor (known as The Xtra Factor Live in 2016)
884-464: Was a fire at the studios in 1943. In the 1950s the studios were used by Mercia Film Productions, who made feature films, and Rayant Pictures, who made shorts and adverts. The last film made at Wembley was Ealing Studios' The Ship That Died of Shame (US: PT Raiders , 1955). Wembley Film Studio was taken over by Associated-Rediffusion , ITV's weekday broadcasters for London, in January 1955. Two of
918-405: Was confirmed on 1 July 2016 that Rylan Clark-Neal would co-host alongside Edmondson. The same day, it was announced that Roman Kemp would join the show as the new digital online presenter and social media reporter. Cameras follow the finalists during their day, and in early series some of the footage was aired in a spin-off show called The Xtra Factor: The Aftermath , which was broadcast in
952-475: Was confirmed that Sarah-Jane Crawford would replace Flack and Richardson as presenter. On 11 May 2015, Crawford confirmed via Twitter that she would not return for a second series in 2015. On 18 June 2015, it was confirmed that The Saturdays singer Rochelle Humes and Kiss FM DJ Melvin Odoom would be the hosts. On 27 June 2016, it was confirmed that Matt Edmondson would be the host of The Xtra Factor . It
986-411: Was confirmed that Murs would not be returning for series 10 as he wished to concentrate on his own music career. Comedian Matt Richardson was later announced to replace Murs. On 4 June 2014, it was announced that Richardson would not return as co-presenter for series 11 . Flack confirmed on 11 June 2014 that she would not be returning to present the 11th series of The Xtra Factor . The next day, it
1020-425: Was confirmed that the studios had been sold for £16 million to a property developer, Quintain. The lease (at present up to eight years) for the site is still available and several parties have expressed an interest. The most likely use will be to retain the building and turn it into a 1,000-seat theatre and that may start after the decommissioning of the studio equipment for sale by auction in February 2017. The site
1054-566: Was last part of the Avesco Group plc. Several companies owned the site before it was bought by Fountain in 1993. Originally a film studio complex, as Wembley Studios it was formerly the base for the ITV contractors Rediffusion from 1955 to 1968, and London Weekend Television from 1968 to 1972. More recently, the studios were best known for being the venue for the live stages of ITV British shows The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent . The last show to be broadcast live (and recorded) at
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1088-499: Was leased from Quintain by Wembley Park Theatre Ltd in September 2017 for a 'meanwhile use' of the site until the site is demolished to make way for new developments. The duration of this use was for up to seven years as submitted by Quintain in November 2017. The existing buildings to be repurposed on a temporary basis as an event space (primarily concentrating on theatrical use). The multi-functional venue will be predominantly focused on
1122-449: Was prompted by the success of Big Brother's Little Brother , a former Big Brother companion show screened on E4 . The Xtra Factor featured extra auditions, bootcamp performances and judges' houses performances and behind-the-scenes footage. There were sometimes competitions and games featuring the judges and presenters. During the live shows the programme featured behind-the-scenes footage and answered live video and phone calls for
1156-454: Was replaced by presenter and close friend Holly Willoughby . Willoughby first presented The Xtra Factor on 9 August 2008, a week before series 5 was broadcast. Konnie Huq replaced Willoughby as the new Xtra Factor presenter for series 7. However, Huq decided to depart from the series in March 2011 because of work commitments. On 31 May 2011, Caroline Flack and Olly Murs were confirmed as
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