I’m sorry he’s gone. But that is not what this is about.

It’s that phrase … ‘the UK version’

WTF … I never watch the show - not my cup of tea - but I do get pissed off about things like this. Original things do happen outside of the U.S.A..

The X Factor is a UK show. It ran from 2004 to 2018

🔗 It actually has several versions throughout the world. - that are all franchises of Cowell’s original show.

The US show started 7 years after the UK show started .. in 2011, lasting 3 seasons. It - like all the other shows around the globe .. were licensed courtesy of Cowell.

Better phrasing?

first formed in 2010 after each member appeared on the original X factor (reality competition show) in the UK.

The really sad thing about this posts is that I am writing it at all and then finding myself standing up for Cowell’s show which was essentially a latter day ‘[🔗 Opportunity Knocks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_Knocks_(British_TV_series)' 🤯