Britain's biggest talent show rolls into Birmingham for auditions along with judges Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole, Dannii Minogue and Louis Walsh and now of course, a live audience. It is Cheryl's birthday - but will it be a day to celebrate? A 22-year-old fellow Geordie girl certainly does tug at Cheryl's heart strings. And the clock is ticking for an ageing Brummie rocker still dreaming of stardom.

The X Factor (UK) Season 6 Episodes...

• s06e01 - Auditions 1: Off To A Flying Start
• s06e02 - Auditions 2: The Weird And The Wonderful
• s06e03 - Auditions 3: Movers & Shakers
• s06e04 - Auditions 4: The Generation Game
• s06e05 - Auditions 5: Twice as Nice
• s06e06 - Auditions 6: Now or Never
• s06e07 - Boot Camp 1: The Heat is On
• s06e08 - Boot Camp 2: The Final Few
• s06e09 - Judges Houses 1: Singing For Survival
• s06e10 - Judges Houses 2: Finalists Revealed
• s06e11 - Live Show 1: Live and Kicking
• s06e12 - Live Results 1: Who's Heading Home?
• s06e13 - Live Show 2: Diva Week
• s06e14 - Live Results 2 : And Then There Were Ten
• s06e15 - Live Show 3: Big Band Week
• s06e16 - Live Results 3: Swinging for Survival
• s06e17 - Live Show 4: Rock Week
• s06e18 - Live Results 4: And The Fourth Act To Leave Is...
• s06e19 - Live Show 5: Movie Week
• s06e20 - Live Results 5 : Who's Made The Cut?
• s06e21 - Live Show 6: Queen Week
• s06e22 - Live Results 6 : Another One Bites The Dust
• s06e23 - Live Show 7: Wham! Week
• s06e24 - Live Results 7: Who Will Stay And Who Will Go Go?
• s06e25 - Live Show 8: Take That & Elton John Week
• s06e26 - Live Results 8: Who's In The Semis?
• s06e27 - Live Show 9: Michael Jackson Week
• s06e28 - Live Results 9: The Final Three
• s06e29 - Live show 10: The Final
• s06e30 - Live results 10: And The Winner Is...

The X Factor (UK) Show Summary

Each X Factor judge is in charge of a different section of singers on the show. The judges do not know what section of the competition they will be in charge of until the audition process has finished. Each judge then has to pick four acts to take forward to the live section of the show. Each week the two acts with the lowest amount of public votes have to sing again in a final showdown after which the judges decide who should be eliminated. Once there are only five acts left remaining it becomes left to the public to decide who should go.