Actually from what I read else where today the auditions currently taking place aren't in front of the actual judges, but the producers who select who goes through to the judging stage.

The actual auditions in front of Simon & Co take place around the start of June, when both AI & BGT has finished.

I see it's all change for this year's X Factor as they adopt a Britain's Got Talent style of auditions - i.e the contestants have to perform in front of a live audience. Apparently as well hopefuls can use a backing track in their auditions.

They are also going to have the results show live on a Sunday night.

However, any contestants that auditioned in the first set of auditions in Glasgow are going to have to 're-audition' as these were originally filmed in the usual X Factor conditions without an audience. So i'm not quite sure how that's going to work. Does that mean the people from Glasgow who already got a yes (or indeed a no) have to go back and audition from scratch or will they & the judges just pretend it's the first time they've auditioned It all seems a bit of a shambles.

Are the changes necessary though.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/xfactor/

No right or wrong answer for this year at least. I'm all for the new change, at least to see how it fares!

Well, I sure hope we don't have another Daniel or Rachel, regardless of who gets through...