Strictly Come Dancing scored a further ratings victory last night as it beat rival The X Factor for a second night running.

Pop star Frankie Bridge stormed to the top of the chart on Strictly Come Dancing as she achieved the highest score of this year’s new celebrity contestants.

'X Factor' judge Gary Barlow has confirmed he is to step down from the talent contest at the end of this series, making the announcement mid-way through a live show.

It’s the No 1 hit of the summer. But Robin Thicke’s video and lyrics have been accused of glamorising rape and abuse, says Ed Power

Karaoke fans rejected the traditional sentiments of ‘Auld Lang Syne’ on New Year’s Eve and saw in 2013 ‘Gangnam Style’, according to a poll.

THE modern Christmas song is a curious thing.

Pub crawls, bonhomie and midnight Mass do not transfer to sunny LA, says Robbie Williams’ party friend, Corkman Mark Hayes

EVERY year, Santa has a dilemma: choose a staff of helpers, getters, buyers and wrappers.

Gary Barlow insists Wham Bars are included on his 'X Factor' rider.

George Michael is set to reunite Wham! for a "one-off pop extravaganza".

George Michael is celebrating the 30th anniversary of his first single by debuting his first song since fighting for his life as a thank you to fans.

Geri Halliwell wants to recruit George Michael as her celebrity helper on 'The X Factor'.

Footage of David Bowie on Top Of The Pops thought to have been lost forever is to be screened for the first time in almost 40 years.

Girl group Little Mix spoke of their joy today after making history and becoming the first girl band to take the X Factor title.

One of the five remaining 'X Factor' finalists will be voted off in tonight’s live show.

The five' X Factor' finalists revealed their guilty pleasures – and musical heroes – in tonight’s live show.

A comedy hip-hop act from Limerick is threatening to steal this year’s Number 1 spot in the Irish Christmas singles chart.

George Michael insists Wham! will never reform.

It's George Michael and Wham week on 'The X Factor' this weekend - with pundits saying our own Jedward will sing 'I'm Your Man'.

George Michael’s fans can enjoy a free festive gift today by downloading his new single.

Pop star George Michael has announced his first US tour in 17 years.

George Michael believes he hasn't been taken seriously in the US since his 1998 arrest for lewd conduct.

George Michael has slammed suggestions Wham! Will reform, insisting that he and former bandmember Andrew Ridgeley have moved on with their lives.

George Michael wowed thousands of fans at the start of his first UK tour for 15 years.

Record label BMG have rubbished claims they will drop troubled singer George Michael after his arrest last week.

A mature, modest and (nearly) scandal-free George Michael took the stage in his first solo concert in 15 years, singing his greatest hits to 18,000 fans packed into Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jordi arena – and lampooning US president George Bush.

Elton John has declared his feud with pop star George Michael is over, after the troubled pop star forgave him for discussing his recent traumas with the press.

David and Victoria Beckham, Jude Law and Sadie Frost, and George Michael get lampooned in a new tongue-in-cheek Channel 4 comedy announced today.

George Michael's long term partner Kenny Goss has begged reporters to stop hounding the singer after he was reportedly caught prowling a notorious homosexual pick-up spot in London.

Troubled star George Michael has announced his first tour for 15 years.

George Michael has slammed soccer star David Beckham as insecure - because he changes his style so often.

'Fairytale of New York' has been voted the public's favourite Christmas song in a poll by music station, VH1.

George Michael experienced a period of self-loathing during his final days of performing in Wham!, because he realised he was gay but was unable to express himself as anything but heterosexual.

Pop star George Michael said tonight that a new documentary charting the highs and lows of his turbulent career was a “Christmas present” to his fans.

Robbie Williams is devastated George Michael is quitting the music industry because he was planning to record a duet with the ex-Wham! Star.

George Michael revealed his brand of pop could be on the way out when he said today in Berlin: “I think my own genre is dead."

The original version of Band Aid hit Do They Know It’s Christmas? has been voted the favourite Christmas Moment of all time.

Singer George Michael was today saluted as “standing up for life and sanity” by the original performer of the anti-war track he has recorded.