X factor

Cancelled by Sony Music

Oct 10, 202219:06Comedy

“You’ve got 3 minutes to change your life”. This is the sentence that Simon Cowell used as words of encouragement to contestants of television singing contest, X Factor. With its title referring to star quality that you...

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