X-Factor Auditions come to Blackpool 8 March 2018 by Visit Blackpool The X Factor is back searching for the nation’s top vocal talent and wants to see your audition Register online for one of the audition days, turn up in person or send in your own video audition via the website or Whatsapp! The UK’s favourite singing show, The X Factor, is back and on the lookout for the next big breakout music stars with the audition team back on the road, scouring the country for budding hopefuls to take part in series 15 of the hit music show. And this year the team will be coming to Blackpool as part of the audition tour. It couldn’t be simpler to apply. The audition tour will be a nationwide search and groups or solo singers aged 14+ can apply online, registering for the upcoming event or turn up in person on the day. The X Factor team will be at TW Studios on Blackpool Promenade on Sunday 18th March from 10am – 2pm. Everyone who turns up on the day will be guaranteed an audition. If that wasn’t easy enough, last year The X Factor launched a new way to audition and all you need is your mobile phone. Send your audition message, featuring a video of you, a friend, family member or a vocal star you know, singing to The X Factor’s WhatsApp number (07733 222 927) or send the video in via the website. All details, including terms and conditions, can be found on the ITV website, www.itv.com/xfactor. If acts impress the X Factor audition team with their vocals they will then be in with a chance of auditioning in front of the X Factor judges when the judges’ auditions take place later in the year. The auditions are open to all genres and types of singers, including those performing their own original material. Rak-Su’s 2017 winner’s duet Dimelo, with Wyclef Jean and Naughty Boy, debuted at No.2 in the Official Charts and has since been certified silver in the UK. During the week of release, the four-piece had five songs in the Top Ten on iTunes simultaneously, including the No.1 spot. The group was also the first ever The X Factor act to have had three No.1 singles on iTunes while being on the show, including original tracks Mona Lisa and I’m Feeling You. To find out all the ways to apply and audition for next year’s The X Factor, visit our website: www.itv.com/xfactor