When is the X Factor final 2015: date, finalists and who's performing

Simon Cowell's annual talent search is about to come to a close with plenty of special guests
Final round: Simon Cowell's talent search is nearly over for another year
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Ben Travis11 December 2015

After months of auditions, boot camp, judges houses, the six chair challenge, and the live shows, this year’s series of The X Factor is about to draw to a close.

Three acts remain in the competition duking it out to become the next winner of the show, and potentially clinch the Christmas No 1 slot.

Here’s what you need to know about this year’s final:

1) It’s going to be long

There’s only three acts left, but it’s a two hour show on both Saturday and Sunday evening. Tune in to ITV at 8pm each night.

2) It should be varied

Of the three acts left in the competition, there’s warbler Che Chesterman, probably the world’s oldest-looking 19 year old, Florence-alike Louisa Johnson – and then somehow still here are the nation’s favourite bouncy dancehall-pop duo Reggie ‘N’ Bollie.

After spicing up the live shows throughout the series, they actually have a decent shot of winning – though what they’d do with a cover of Bob Dylan’s Forever Young as a winner’s single remains to be seen.

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3) It’ll be star-studded

This hasn’t been the most successful series of the X Factor ever, but Simon Cowell has pulled in some big favours to make sure the finale is still a showbiz extravaganza.

One Direction will be going out with a bang before their hiatus, returning to the show that put them together in the first place. Then there’s Coldplay, who recently released their seventh album A Head Full of Dreams.

Who else? Oh, just some little-known singer called Adele.

ITV, 8pm

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