The X Factor Judges Houses - Picture Preview

Fans have been given a sneak preview of the judges' houses phase ofOlly Murs sitting with Gary Barlow in front of the New York City skyline, while another reveals Robbie Williams towering over Sharon Osbourne as they inspect her contestants poolside in Los Angeles.

Viewers saw which contestants had made it from boot camp at the weekend.

Gary and Olly will be selecting three groups from Rough Copy, Code 4, Brick City, Xyra, Stop Look Listen and Kingsland Road.

Nicole Scherzinger will be seen flying her girls Abi Alton, Tamera Foster, Melanie McCabe, Hannah Barrett, Jade Richards and Relley Clarke to Antigua - where Mary J Blige will help her whittle the hopefuls down.

Shazza and Robbie will be putting over 25s Andrea Magee, Shelley Smith, Sam Bailey, Zoe Devlin, Joseph Whelan and Lorna Simpson through their paces in LA.

And Louis Walsh will have help from Sinitta, Nicole Appleton and Westlife's Shane Filan in St Tropez.

They will be picking three boys from Luke Friend, Giles Potter, Nicholas McDonald, Paul Akister, Ryan Mathie and Sam Callahan.

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