The X Factor

Yeah, right - there's been no sign of that yet!

Never a truer word said sadly.

However, I've sort of started bringing it into the "It wouldn't be Christmas without...." category - which is sad.

The trailer is up on Youtube

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vP4mSjz6fhU

Complete with new itv.com animation right at the end.

That's brilliant, thanks for that link.

And what an excellent ITV.com animation at the end.

Nice ITV.com animation.

Can't wait for this series. Re-watching the trailer it looks like the judges desk has a blue backdrop but the auditionees have a red backdrop. So it looks as though the red is staying; whether or not the blue is more prominent this year remains to be seen. Personally I think the titles should consist of a red logo on a blue backdrop.

I liked last years audition backdrop, the one with the slightly modified logo, which was a bit thinner I think. I hope the studio is just as good as last years!

i dont believe it - that guy was one of the reasons i didnt watch the grease contest thing! did they replace him for louis? or is he just not a judge at all (please say that lol)

Judge for first week or so, then Louis is back.

I wonder if we'll see any special breakbumpers/ idents or not.
They have done in the past but ITV doesn't seem to do them anymore.

I thought the promotion was ok but wasn't that exciting, although I did like the ITV.COM digital graphic at the end.

Agreed, for a moment there ITV looked professional.

Slightly OT but is anyone having a problem of not being able to view certain YouTube videos? I've reinstalled Flash, cleared my temp files, swapped browsers etc. but I'd say over half of the vids I try and watch, just stay stuck on the loading bit.

Or Talkback Thames looked professional