<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> ◀ </Li> <Li> 2017 </Li> <Li> ▶ </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> ◀ </Li> <Li> 2017 </Li> <Li> ▶ </Li> </Ul> <P> The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent . The fourteenth series began airing on ITV on 2 September 2017, presented by Dermot O'Leary . For the first time in seven years, the judging panel will remain the same, with Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne, Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh returning . This is the first series not to include companion show The Xtra Factor, after it was cancelled in January 2017 . Its replacement is a programme called Xtra Bites presented by Becca Dudley on the ITV Hub . This is also the first series to be sponsored by Just Eat, with the show having being sponsored by TalkTalk since 2009, as well as the second time the show has premiered in September, rather than August, since the first series in 2004 . Rak - Su won the competition on 3 December 2017 and they became the second group to win the competition and Simon Cowell became the winning mentor for the fourth time . </P> <P> In December 2016, Louis Walsh confirmed he would continue to judge the series through 2018, stating he had signed through "the next two years". That same month, both Sharon Osbourne and Nicole Scherzinger cast doubt on their return, with Osbourne citing her dual - work on The Talk, and Scherzinger stating: "I can't confirm that I'm going to (be back) but I think if I did return it would have to be with this panel because I'm really close with this panel . (...) I've really enjoyed myself and we're really close ." On 13 April 2017, Cowell announced his intentions to retain the same judging panel for the fourteenth series . In June 2017, it was announced that the judging panel would remain the same as the previous series . </P>

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