Email this story Printable version The first ever X Factor Day will be taking place on 31 October 2011! Yep, the same day as Halloween! The day has been set up by X Factor and Reality TV writer Dean 'Midas' Maynard. Why? Because he believes that the show deserves a whole day of its own and wants to use the day to raise money for charity at the same time. In recent weeks past contestants One Direction & Cher Lloyd, who emerged from the X Factor 2010 and ladies favourite Olly Murs from 2009 have stormed the charts with their latest singles, all going to Number One. Dean said "This day is totally unnofficial but I hope the X Factor team help us and get behind it so we can raise loads of money for various charities" Here are four great ideas of how you can join in this weekend. Take advantage of the fact that the day ties in with Halloween! You could wear the mask of a judge or contestant and donate money to be that person for the day. Along a similar theme you could host an X-Factor themed party on Halloween weekend while you watch the show! The third suggestion is to hold your very own talent show! Do you have some talented friends? You could ask for help to set up the show in your community and ask contestants to donate to charity. The donations can be for any charity of your choice! The staff at 'Force 18' have decided that their charities of choice will be the NSPCC and The National Autistic Society. If you want to buy a National X Factor Day t-shirt go to http://www.force18.co.uk/national-x-factor-day-tshirt-p-811.html with £3.00 of every sale going to two great causes. Finally, to scroll through the great X Factor videos of past and present auditions, go to this http://www.youtube.com/user/TheXFactorUK X Factor day is also officially listed on the National awareness days http://www.national-awareness-days.com/national-x-factor-day.html Have a great National X Factor Day. To be in with a chance of winning 1000 CDs including rare, signed and promotional copies simply 'like' our Award Winning facebook page here! And double your chances by following us on Twitter Follow @MusicNewsWeb For all DVD, Blu-Ray and other film related prizes visit our sister site film-news.co.uk competitions page here. Good luck!
