The X Factor and BGT confirmed to continue 'into 2017 and beyond'
Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Great excitement over news that The X Factor could finally be getting the axe has been quashed by confirmation that it will continue “into 2017 and beyond”. Following the announcement that BBC rival The Voice would be moving to ITV next year, many assumed that The X Factor’s time was up. The anticlimactic news does not stop there as Britain’s Got Talent is also sticking around seemingly forever, with an ITV spokesperson saying: “The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent contracts come up for renewal after the latest series air later this year and we fully intend to continue with both shows into 2017 and beyond.” Louisa Johnson became the youngest ever winner of The X Factor in December but failed to reach the Christmas number one spot with her cover of Bob Dylan’s “Forever Young”. “For me it was always room, arena, boot camp.” The X Factor is set to return later this year but it remains unknown whether any new judges will join or replace Nick Grimshaw, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Rita Ora on the panel.
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