The UK version is in to its 8th season now, and the UK show is so much better, funnier, because in USA there is also American Idol, so we all know what it is going to be like, but UK only have X factor as the singing competition because they replaced pop idol with x factor in 2004 so they will have more good and bad people, but X Factor USA will get not as big a mixture or not as many because some may audition for AI, And UK have Xtra Factor which is all the behind the scenes gossip and that is amazing. X FACTOR UK = WOOOOOO X FACTOR USA = EHH