Payne is one of several well-known figures who emerged from X Factor during its heyday in 2010. Some, including Rebecca Ferguson and Cher Lloyd, paid emotional tributes to Payne on Thursday.

So what does the future hold? And according to reports, former winners and celebrities will be taking part in not one, but two new series of The X Factor this year. "The time feels right ...

And the first winner of X Factor: The Band is... Real Like You. After performing three songs the girl group beat rival boy band Unwritten Rule to the prize of a recording contract. The ITV ...