It’s a familiar conceit: dozens of nobodies queuing for what seems like forever to debase themselves before a panel of whimsically arbitrary judges in the faint hope of fortune and glory.

But the partnership grind is arguably not as cruel as the trial-by-fire endured by contestants on atonal shame-fest The X Factor, where contestants have to do all of the above in the presence of Sharon Osborne.

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