| He took a meeting with Simon Cowell two years ago, and he had to wait a long time for his x-factor offer. |
| With her sultry cover-girl looks, she certainly looks as though she possesses the x-factor needed to make her presence felt in the world of pop. |
| Blacks and first-time voters are the x-factor in the presidential election. |
| Four talented youngsters from Bolton are reaching for the stars after winning the first leg of an X-Factor style contest. |
| But, as observers have often commented, there is an extra element to them, an X-factor, a force that makes them more than the sum of their considerable parts. |
| Simon Cowell was considering the singer as a judge on his beleaguered talent show, The x-factor. |
