The X Factor starts at 8pm on TV3 tonight for another series. The judges this year are Louis Walsh, Garry Barlow, Tulisa Contostavlos and Nicole Scherzinger and presenters Caroline Flack and Dermot O’Leary will also return.

The show’s creator Simon Cowell will again be absent from the judging panel as he is busy across the Atlantic making the US version for Fox.

The series has seen many ups and downs over the years, with judges being replaced quicker than F1 tyres!

So, will you be sitting in watching it tonight or will be avoiding it like the plague?