{"id":13089,"date":"2024-01-25T10:37:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T09:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/25\/celebrating-the-x-factor-at-20-from-the-breakout-stars-to-the-famous-flops\/"},"modified":"2024-01-25T10:37:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T09:37:14","slug":"celebrating-the-x-factor-at-20-from-the-breakout-stars-to-the-famous-flops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/25\/celebrating-the-x-factor-at-20-from-the-breakout-stars-to-the-famous-flops\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating The X Factor at 20, from the breakout stars to the famous flops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the once-ubiquitous reality show turns 20, the BBC explores its legacy in Offstage. Plus: five of the best interiors podcasts<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/info\/2017\/may\/10\/hear-here-podcast-recommendations-sign-up-for-unexpected-audio-pleasures\">Don\u2019t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Podcasts are now so pervasive that a recent episode of the excellent Three Beans Salad saw a listener get in touch to point out that they\u2019d been pleased to meet a fellow fan of the show \u2013 while based on a tiny Antarctic island whose entire population is 18 people.<\/p>\n<p>They are so ingrained in popular consciousness that some Olympic athletes can\u2019t even imagine trying to break a world record without turning it into a podcast journey. Hence a show that we\u2019re previewing this week \u2013 Tom Dean Medal Machine, which follows the two-time Olympic champ and Team GB swimmer as he tries to bag five gold medals at Paris 2024. Not only could he be the first person ever to achieve that feat, he\u2019ll also be the first to manage it while making an audio documentary about it. Two records broken there, then.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2024\/jan\/25\/hear-here-x-factor-offstage-podcast\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/f4bf718f51362b5a8d3c03790f0e4af5ba6897be\/0_218_3500_2100\/master\/3500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=47105b8f936ee6880fd9dc2adf60ae20\" title=\"Celebrating The X Factor at 20, from the breakout stars to the famous flops\" \/>As the once-ubiquitous reality show turns 20, the BBC explores its legacy in Offstage. Plus: five of the best interiors podcasts<br \/>\n\u2022 Don\u2019t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<br \/>\nPodcasts are now so pervasive that a recent episode of the excellent Three Beans Salad saw a listener get in touch to point out that they\u2019d been pleased to meet a fellow fan of the show \u2013 while based on a tiny Antarctic island whose entire population is 18 people.<br \/>\nThey are so ingrained in popular consciousness that some Olympic athletes can\u2019t even imagine trying to break a world record without turning it into a podcast journey. Hence a show that we\u2019re previewing this week \u2013 Tom Dean Medal Machine, which follows the two-time Olympic champ and Team GB swimmer as he tries to bag five gold medals at Paris 2024. Not only could he be the first person ever to achieve that feat, he\u2019ll also be the first to manage it while making an audio documentary about it. Two records broken there, then. 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Sign up here Podcasts are now so pervasive that a recent episode of the excellent Three Beans Salad saw a listener get in touch to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/25\/celebrating-the-x-factor-at-20-from-the-breakout-stars-to-the-famous-flops\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Celebrating The X Factor at 20, from the breakout stars to the famous flops<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":13090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13089"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}