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Series	Start	Finish	Winner	Category	Winning mentor	Presenter(s)	UK sponsor	Judges	Episodes (inc. results shows)	Average UK viewers per episode (millions)
1	4 September 2004	11 December 2004	Steve Brookstein	Over 25s	Simon Cowell	Kate Thornton	Nokia	Simon Cowell Sharon Osbourne Louis Walsh	24	7.40
2	20 August 2005	17 December 2005	Shayne Ward	Under 25s	Louis Walsh				30	8.73
3	19 August 2006	16 December 2006	Leona Lewis		Simon Cowell			Simon Cowell Sharon Osbourne Louis Walsh Paula Abdul1	30	8.27
4	18 August 2007	15 December 2007	Leon Jackson	Boys	Dannii Minogue	Dermot O'Leary	The Carphone Warehouse	Simon Cowell Sharon Osbourne Louis Walsh2 Dannii Minogue Brian Friedman2	28	8.57
5	16 August 2008	13 December 2008	Alexandra Burke	Girls	Cheryl Cole			Simon Cowell Louis Walsh Dannii Minogue Cheryl Cole	30	10.51
6	22 August 2009	13 December 2009	Joe McElderry	Boys			TalkTalk		30	13.0
7	21 August 2010	12 December 2010	Matt Cardle		Dannii Minogue			Simon Cowell Louis Walsh Dannii Minogue Cheryl Cole Geri Halliwell3 Natalie Imbruglia3 Katy Perry3 Pixie Lott3 Nicole Scherzinger3	30	14.13
8	20 August 2011	11 December 2011	Little Mix	Groups	Tulisa Contostavlos			Louis Walsh Tulisa Contostavlos Gary Barlow Kelly Rowland Alexandra Burke4	31	12.41
9	18 August 2012	9 December 2012	James Arthur	Boys	Nicole Scherzinger			Louis Walsh Tulisa Contostavlos Gary Barlow Nicole Scherzinger5 Geri Halliwell5 Leona Lewis5 Rita Ora5 Mel B5 Anastacia5	31	9.63
10	31 August 2013	15 December 2013	Sam Bailey	Over 25s	Sharon Osbourne	Dermot O'Leary Caroline Flack6		Sharon Osbourne Louis Walsh Gary Barlow Nicole Scherzinger	32	9.45
11	30 August 2014	14 December 2014	Ben Haenow		Simon Cowell	Dermot O'Leary		Simon Cowell Louis Walsh Cheryl Fernandez-Versini Mel B Tulisa Contostavlos7	34	8.65
12	29 August 2015	13 December 2015	Louise Johnson	Girls	Rita Ora	Caroline Flack Olly Murs		Simon Cowell Cheryl Fernandez-Versini Nick Grimshaw Rita Ora	28	6.85
13	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Dermot O'Leary	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

Notes

1. ^ Paula Abdul served as a guest judge for the London auditions.
2. ^ Brian Friedman served as a guest judge for the London auditions following the departure of Louis Walsh, but was later reassigned the role of creative director and Walsh was reinstated. He was originally recruited to be a permanent judge.
3. ^ ^{a b c d e} During the auditions and bootcamp, several guest judges served as temporary replacement for Dannii Minogue, who was not able to attend due to being pregnant. Geri Halliwell served as guest judge at the Glasgow auditions; Natalie Imbruglia at the Birmingham auditions; Katy Perry at the Dublin auditions; Pixie Lott at the Cardiff auditions; and Nicole Scherzinger at the Manchester auditions and bootcamp.
4. ^ During week 4 of the live shows, Kelly Rowland was unable to travel back from Los Angeles as she had a throat infection. Alexandra Burke temporarily replaced her.
5. ^ ^{a b c d e f} After Kelly Rowland's departure, Geri Halliwell (Liverpool), Leona Lewis (London), Rita Ora (London), Nicole Scherzinger (London), Mel B (Manchester) and Anastacia (Glasgow) all filled in as guest judges during the auditions until Scherzinger joined the judging panel as the fourth permanent judge for the final auditions in Newcastle and Cardiff.
6. ^ Caroline Flack served as a backstage presenter during the live shows.
7. ^ Tulisa Contostavlos served as a guest judge for the first night of week 10 of the live shows in place of Mel B who was ill.