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Saturday Night Live’s X Factor Sketch Hailed As ‘Perfection’
Between Cheryl on The Voice UK panel, Jedward in the Big Brother house and whispers about a reboot currently flying around, it seems that many of us are feeling a bit of nostalgia for The X Factor’s glory days right now.
Over the weekend, Saturday Night Live UK tapped into this nostalgia with a sketch devoted to some of the long-running talent show’s most iconic faces.
Remember towards the end of the 2000s, as well as their usual performances, the remaining X Factor hopefuls would all have to take part in a weekly group number, which saw them tackling a big hit of the moment with usually-jarring results?
Well, that’s exactly the memory that SNL UK was giving us with their sketch, perfectly paying homage to everyone from Diana Vickers, Olly Murs and early-days Little Mix to the likes of Wagner and Honey G – while guest host Jamie Demetriou sent up the towering quiffs of the era.
Check out the skit for yourself below:
Since it aired live on Saturday, the sketch has already gone down a storm with viewers, racking up more than one million views on X alone.
Meanwhile, former X Factor viewers were absolutely loving all of the memories that the spot-on segment evoked:
This second run kicked off earlier this month, with the first two instalments fronted by Jeff Goldblum and Jamie Demetriou, with Amelia Dimoldenberg fronting the third later this week.
For its second outing, SNL UK has been bumped up to a 12-episode run, the first half of which will unfold over the coming weeks, with the additional six instalments debuting in early 2027.
SNL UK continues on Saturday night at 10pm on Sky and Now.
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