{"id":899,"date":"2011-11-05T15:14:39","date_gmt":"2011-11-05T14:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/?p=899"},"modified":"2012-11-30T21:32:20","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T20:32:20","slug":"2011-one-direction-and-jls-to-features-on-x-factor-charity-single-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/899\/2011-one-direction-and-jls-to-features-on-x-factor-charity-single-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"2011: One Direction and JLS to features on X Factor Charity Single this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"1d and jls\" src=\"\/images\/uk\/x2010\/misc\/oned_gigs.JPG\" alt=\"oneD and JLS x factor\" width=\"589\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>JLS and One Direction have been drafted in by Simon Cowell to sing on this year\u2019s X Factor charity single according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>It is the first time that former contestants have taken part in the annual charity project. This year the proceeds will be donated to children\u2019s charity \u2018Together For Short Lives.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Insiders claim that Cowell is worried that without a bit of star power, the release of \u2018Wishing On A Star\u2019 will be a bit of a flop and with ratings falling each week for his ITV show, he can\u2019t afford to have another project look like a failure.<\/p>\n<p>An insider told The Sun: \u201cSimon and the other SyCo execs want huge sales this year and weren\u2019t sure the contestants would get that on their own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow they\u2019ll be using One Direction and JLS\u2019s combined fan base to sell the song. It\u2019s a no-brainer and is bound to be a huge seller now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James Michael revealed yesterday that the X Factor final sixteen will be returning to the ITV show in two weeks time, to perform the track on the day of it\u2019s digital release.<\/p>\n<p>Wishing On A Star will be available via download on November 20 and via physical single on November 21, on Syco Music.<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0466605792016836\";\n\/* largexfactor 336x280, created 11\/25\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"7071761240\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 JLS and One Direction have been drafted in by Simon Cowell to sing on this year\u2019s X Factor charity single according to reports. It is the first time that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-onedirection","category-news","clearfix"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=899"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2033,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899\/revisions\/2033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}