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''The X Factor'' is an Australian television reality music competition, based on the original UK series, to find new singing talent; the winner of which receives a recording contract with record label Sony Music Australia.〔 The second season premiered on the Seven Network on 30 August 2010 and ended on 22 November 2010. The winner was Altiyan Childs and his debut single "Somewhere in the World" was released after the final.〔 Childs was mentored throughout by Ronan Keating, who won as mentor for the first time. The season was presented by Luke Jacobz, while spin-off show ''The Xtra Factor'' was hosted by Natalie Garonzi on 7Two. The show was originally to be hosted by actor Matthew Newton, however, he was forced to withdraw as host during production after an altercation with his former girlfriend Rachael Taylor and re-admitting himself to rehab. Keating, Natalie Imbruglia, Kyle Sandilands and Guy Sebastian joined the judging panel as replacements for former judges, Mark Holden, Kate Ceberano and John Reid. The competition was split into several stages: auditions, bootcamp, judges' houses and live shows. Auditions took place throughout May and June 2010. After the auditions was bootcamp, where successful acts were split into four categories: Under 25 Boys〔 (male soloists aged 16 to 24), Under 25 Girls〔 (female soloists aged 16 to 24), Over 25s (soloists aged 25 and over) and Groups. Each judge was given a category to mentor and had to decide on their twelve acts after day two, and their six acts after day two. Special guest judges, including Havana Brown, Rebecca Batties, Mark Plunkett and Rai Thistlethwayte were brought in to help the judges decide their acts. Following bootcamp, was the judges' houses stage, where each of the judges reduced their six acts to three, with help from more guest judges, including Kelly Rowland, Sir Richard Branson, Boyzone, Snoop Dogg and Usher. The live shows began on 19 September 2010. The second season had sparked controversy, including Childs' disappearance from the show and claims of a clash between the Girls. The grand final decider was watched by 1.83 million people, making it the highest rated television episode of the series. == Background and development == On 16 May 2010, it was announced that the Seven Network would relaunch ''The X Factor'' with Natalie Imbruglia, Guy Sebastian, Ronan Keating and Kyle Sandilands confirmed as the four judges. ''The X Factor'' first screened on Network Ten in 2005, but was canceled after the first season due to poor ratings.〔 Seven Network's head of programming, Tim Worner, said the "time was right" to relaunch the show, given Network Ten's decision to cancel ''Australian Idol''.〔 He explained: "We felt that there's no big light event shows around and that this is the best of them ... We've seen what ''Australia's Got Talent'' has done in heavy traffic and feel it's the right opportunity for the show."〔 On 30 May 2010, it was confirmed that actor Matthew Newton would be the host. However, on 22 August, it was revealed that Newton had to withdraw as the host of the show after an altercation in Rome with his now ex-girlfriend Rachael Taylor. Newton flew from Rome to Dublin, where he was to film segments for ''The X Factor'' with Keating.〔 However, he was escorted back to Australia by a producer of the show after they decided he was in no state to film.〔 He was then checked into Wentworthville's Northside West Clinic. On 23 August, it was announced that actor Luke Jacobz would take over as host and all original audition footage with Newton was removed with footage of Jacobz being shot instead. On 28 August 2010, it was announced that radio presenter Natalie Garonzi would host the spin-off show ''The Xtra Factor'' on 7Two. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The X Factor (Australia season 2)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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