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''The X Factor'' is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The eleventh series began airing on ITV on 30 August 2014. Dermot O'Leary presents his eighth and final series of the main show on ITV and Sarah-Jane Crawford presents spin-off show ''The Xtra Factor'' on ITV2, replacing Caroline Flack and Matt Richardson. Louis Walsh was the only judge from series 10 to return and was joined by former judges Simon Cowell and Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, and new judge Mel B. Sharon Osbourne, Gary Barlow and Nicole Scherzinger left after series 10. Former judge Tulisa returned as a guest judge for the final on 13 December due to Mel B being ill. The series also saw the lower age limit decreased from 16 to 14, as it was in series 4 and 5. This was Walsh's final series as a judge. It was also the only series in which Mel B was a main judge.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='Everything looks better on a sunny day' Mel B laughs off X Factor axe )〕 It was O'Leary's final series as presenter on the main show, as he announced on 27 March 2015 that he was leaving to pursue other projects.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Olly Murs and Caroline Flack revealed as new X Factor presenters )〕 On 11 May, Crawford also confirmed via Twitter that she would leave her position as ''The Xtra Factor'' presenter. Room auditions took place in Manchester, London, Newcastle and Edinburgh from 16 June to 1 July, followed by arena auditions in London, that were held between 1 and 4 August. Bootcamp was held in London in August and judges' houses around the globe in September. The live shows began on 11 October. Fernandez-Versini mentored the Girls, Brown mentored the Boys, Walsh mentored the Groups and Cowell mentored the Over 25s. Ben Haenow won the series against Fleur East on 14 December 2014 with 57.2% of the votes. ==Judges, presenters and other personnel== On 22 May 2013, it was announced that Sharon Osbourne, who was on ''The X Factor'' judging panel from its inception in 2004 before departing in 2008 prior to its fifth series, would return to the show for the tenth series as Tulisa's replacement. Later, however, Osbourne stated that she was only back for one series, to "go out on a high". Also, during the first live show of series 10, Gary Barlow revealed that it would be his last series on the show. Louis Walsh, who had also been on the show from its first series, announced his intention to quit as well, stating that he wanted his "life back", although he later backtracked and said that he "might come back" if Simon Cowell returned. Midway throughout the live shows, Walsh said "I'm having so much fun this year, I might stay". On 7 February 2014, Cowell, who left the UK show after series 7 to launch and judge the U.S. version, announced his return.〔〔 He said, "I'm absolutely thrilled to be returning to ''The X Factor'' UK. It's been three years since I last judged the competition and I'm excited to find a global superstar again." On 13 February, it was reported that Nicole Scherzinger had quit the show, but her spokesman reported later that day that she was "still in discussions with bosses". On 14 February, Cowell announced that Scherzinger would not be returning by tweeting, "Nicole will always be a part of the X factor family. Now signed to Sony as an artist. Thank you Nicole for everything." On 10 March, former judge Cheryl Cole announced on her Instagram that she will be returning for the eleventh series, posting an image of herself and Cowell, accompanied by the caption: "GUESS WHAT!!.. I'm baaaacccckkkkk!!!!" On 30 May, Walsh confirmed he would be returning as a judge for his eleventh series. On 11 June, it was confirmed that series 9 guest judge Mel B, who has also previously judged the Australian version, would join the panel as the fourth permanent judge. Following Cole's wedding to Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini on July 7, it was announced by producers that she would be known throughout the series as her new married name, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini. On 13 December 2014, it was announced that Contostavlos would return as a guest judge for the final due to Mel B being ill. Dermot O'Leary confirmed his return for his eighth series as presenter of the main show on ITV.〔 On 3 February 2014, it was reported that Matt Richardson would not return as co-presenter on ''The Xtra Factor'' on ITV2. This was later denied, but it was confirmed on 4 June that Richardson would not return. On 11 June, Caroline Flack confirmed on Twitter that she will not be returning as presenter of ''The Xtra Factor''. The next day, it was confirmed that Sarah-Jane Crawford will be the new presenter. Following her departure, Flack began competing as a contestant in the twelfth series of ''Strictly Come Dancing'' on BBC One. Brian Friedman, who served as creative director from series 4-7 before returning to work on the first three live shows of series 9, returned to replace Jerry Reeve and Mark "Swany" Swanhart. Series 11 was O'Leary's final series hosting ''The X Factor'', as he announced in March 2015 his decision to exit the series to pursue other projects. He was later replaced by Caroline Flack and Olly Murs, the latter of whom was a contestant during the competition's sixth series.〔 This was the last series to feature Louis Walsh as a judge after 11 years, as he quit in May 2015 to return to full-time management. It was also the only series to feature new judge Mel B. They were replaced by BBC Radio 1 presenter Nick Grimshaw and ''The Voice UK'' coach, Rita Ora. 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 (UK series 11)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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