Simon Cowell and Nicole Scherzinger return as judges on The X Factor: The Band – where either a girl group or boy band will battle it out to be crowned the nation's new pop sensations. No other music show in the world has such an enviable track record of creating globally successful bands including One Direction, Little Mix and Fifth Harmony. In total, acts discovered by The X Factor have sold more than 400 million records globally to date.

Now with The X Factor: The Band, the show is bidding to create the next big girl or boyband…in just a matter of weeks! Simon and Nicole's expertise when it comes to successful pop groups is second to none – with Simon famously guiding the careers of a host of world-beating groups during his illustrious career and Nicole first finding fame in globally successful girl group Pussycat Dolls, who have just reunited after a decade apart.