New app for 2011 UK X Factor which ranks contestants in real time. F Xactor for iPhone analyses what the public are saying online and predicts each contestant's rankings on a minute by minute basis!

Soloists and bands compete for a record $ 5 million. In the premiere, the auditions are held in Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Dallas, Seattle and Newark, NJ judges of the series are Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, LA Reid and Nicole Scherzinger.

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Huge shakeup at Simon Cowell's new show "X-Factor" -- TMZ has learned singer Cheryl Cole will no longer be a judge ... and will be replaced by ex-"Pussycat Dolls" member Nicole Scherzinger.