The judges saw double on last night’s X Factor auditions, as they saw stunning twins Francine and Nicola Gleadall.
Simon Cowell wasn’t convinced at first, telling them they had ‘the personality of two bananas’, but after hearing them sing he was convinced they had talent - and they were put through to boot camp with a unanimous yes vote.

Last night’s X Factor featured two outstanding acts - Eoghan Quigg and Alexandra Burke.

Alexandra first auditioned for the X Factor in 2005, but was eliminated from the competition just before the live shows. Just 16 at the time, the 19 year old re-visted the X Factor and put in a mature performance that blew the judges away!

Eoghan Quigg from County Derry was also one of the judges favourites. Just 15, nervous Eohgan sang Michael Buble’s ‘Home’, followed by Heaven by Eric Clapton. He sailed through to the next round, with Louis telling him he had ‘Star quality’, and Simon saying that “Whatever IT is, you’ve got it.”.

More than 10 million people watched last night’s X Factor 2008 series première - a million more than for the same episode last year.

Amongst the highlights last night were Nikk, a previous contestant on the Popstars: The Rivals, the show which launched judge Cheryl Cole to fame.

Boy band JLS also impressed with their performance which you can see below:

After a long wait since the last series, the X Factor returns on Saturday and we can hardly wait!

The show’s had a few alterations, most notably the replacement of Sharon Osbourne by Girls-Aloud singer Cheryl Cole. There have already been plenty of rumours of fights between her and Dannii Minogue, so the on-screen exchanges are certain to make great TV. You can see what Cheryl had to say at the X Factor press conference below.

Expect the usual mix of great talent and no-hopers when X Factor returns on Saturday for the early auditions!