Butchers Shop editor James Ralph is hard at work on series five of The X Factor.

 

Presented by Dermot O’Leary, and with judges, Louis Walsh,

Dannii Minogue, Cheryl Cole and Simon Cowell, it dominates

Saturday night viewing on ITV.

 

Whittled down from over 180,000 applicants to only 12 finalists,

it has to be the biggest talent show in the country.