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''The X Factor'' is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The fourth series was broadcast on ITV from 18 August 2007 and was won by Leon Jackson on 15 December 2007, with Rhydian Roberts finishing as the runner-up and Dannii Minogue emerging as the winning mentor. Dermot O'Leary presented for the first time, replacing Kate Thornton, who had been presenting the show since series 1 in 2004. Fearne Cotton replaced Ben Shephard as presenter on the spin-off show ''The Xtra Factor''. The original judging panel consisted of Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne, Brian Friedman and Minogue. Friedman left the panel and was replaced by former judge Louis Walsh. This series saw a number of changes to the format, most notably the lowering of the minimum age for participants from 16 to 14 and the increase in the number of categories from three to four, resulting from the division of the 16-24s category into separate male and female categories. Jackson's prize as winner was a £1 million recording contract. His first single release was "When You Believe", arranged for the finalists by composer Stephen Schwartz and released to download on 16 December 2007, with the physical format following on 19 December. The single became that year's Christmas number one on the UK Singles Chart. ==Judges and presenters== On 8 March 2007, it was announced that judge Louis Walsh, who had appeared in all three previous series, had been sacked.〔(BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Walsh to step down from X Factor )〕 This, along with the additional category, created vacancies for two new judges to join the original panel of Simon Cowell and Sharon Osbourne.〔(Mr Nasty gives judge Louis sack ), ''The Sun'', 9 March 2007〕 On 4 June, it was announced that Brian Friedman and Dannii Minogue would replace Walsh.〔 On 22 June, it was announced that Friedman had stepped down as a judge and would be replaced by Walsh.〔(BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Louis Walsh in X Factor comeback )〕 Friedman remained on the show as a performance coach and choreographer, billed on screen as "Creative Director". Suggestions that Walsh's firing and rehiring was concocted to generate publicity were denied.〔(Lou's X Factor Return ), Sky Showbiz〕〔(Louis 'thrilled' to return to the X Factor ), ''The Daily Telegraph'', 23 June 2007〕 Commenting on Friedman's replacement by Walsh, Osbourne said that there was no "chemistry" within the original judging line-up, and that the atmosphere was "very uncomfortable". Cowell stated that the atmosphere was "very weird". For his part, Friedman said he felt "incredibly let down with the British talent". Following the departure of series 1–3 presenter Kate Thornton, Dermot O'Leary took over as presenter for series 4. In an interview with ITV Head of Entertainment and Comedy, Paul Jackson, O'Leary said he was still getting used to handling the rejected at the auditions: "I'm still trying to work it out. It's an emotionally exhausting show to do." On 2 May 2007, it was announced that Ben Shephard had quit his role as presenter of spin-off show ''The Xtra Factor'' on ITV2. Shephard was reportedly not happy that O'Leary was given the role as presenter of the main show instead of him. An ''X Factor'' insider said: "Ben had a big chance of being the main presenter on ''X Factor'' until he did ''Soapstar Superstar'' last year on ITV1. He didn't impress some of the X Factor bosses on that live show and moved down the pecking order." Cowell said: "I wish Ben good luck. He has done a great job on ''The Xtra Factor''." Shephard later signed up to front ''DanceX'', a BBC One series hunting for a modern day version of '70s dance outfit Hot Gossip. He was replaced by ''Top of the Pops'' presenter and BBC Radio 1 DJ Fearne Cotton. 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 4)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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