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One of the nations favourite shows it back, but with a massive twist, no hopefuls this year it's all about the Celebrities trying to win a record contract and £100,000 prize.
List of participants announced today...
Groups
The Islanders
This is a real treat for Love Island fans. Four stars from various series of the ITV2 dating show are swapping villa life for vocal coaching.
They are, from left to right in the above picture, Wes Nelson, Zara McDermott, Eyal Booker and Samira Mighty. They will collectively make up a supergroup called The Islanders.
Cole and Edwards
Brendan Cole will be well known to fans of TV talent shows as a former professional on Strictly Come Dancing.
Now he's teaming up with actor Jeremy Edwards, who has appeared in Holby City and Hollyoaks, to form the imaginatively titled duo Cole and Edwards.
Max and Harvey
Social media stars (and identical twins) Harvey and Max Mills shot to fame in 2015 on the social app Musical.
They have built up more than six million followers online and also have their own CBBC show called Max and Harvey: FOMO.
V5
Influencers and bloggers Sofia, Alondra, Laura, Wendii and Natalie make up girl group V5.
The Latin American social media stars will be hoping to make as much of an impact as Little Mix - the 2011 winners of X Factor who have become one of the show's most successful exports.
Try Star
Rugby players Thom Evans, Victor Obogu and Ben Foden have joined forces to form Try Star.
Obogu has been in a band called Majesti before, so he may well be able to give his fellow sports stars some singing tips.
Overs (aged 28 and above)
Jenny Ryan - aka The Vixen
Ryan was a master TV quizzer on the likes of Mastermind, University Challenge and The Weakest Link before she joined ITV hit quiz show The Chase.
She was initially hired to write questions for the programme, hosted by Bradley Walsh, but became one of the chasers in 2015 after she was recommended to producers by long-standing Chase star, Anne Hegarty (The Governess).
Sally Webster
The actress is best known for playing Sally Webster in Coronation Street between August 1993 and January this year.
Her character has been busy preparing for this challenge in nearby Rosamund Street which has a recording studio.
Martin Bashir
Martin Bashir has been a journalist for more than 30 years but he became a household name in 1995 when he interviewed Diana, Princess of Wales for BBC's Panorama. In 2003, he also interviewed Michael Jackson for an ITV documentary.
He later moved to the US where he co-anchored the current affairs show Nightline on ABC before moving to MSNBC, where he was a political commentator until 2013. He is currently the BBC 's religion editor.
Ricki Lake
Ricki found fame as a talk show host on her self-titled US show in the 90s and 00s but she's also co-hosted other shows including The View.
As an actor, she's probably best known for her lead role as Tracey Turnblad in the 1988 film Hairspray. She recently competed on the US version of singing show The Masked Singer.
Unders (aged 27 or younger)
Olivia Olson
Olson is a film star - although not necessarily one that you'll recognise as an adult.
She was just 11 years old when she starred as Joanna in Love Actually, melting hearts with her rendition of All I Want for Christmas Is You.
She has since also become known for voicing Vanessa in the Disney TV series Phineas and Ferb.
Megan McKenna
Reality star McKenna made her name on the MTV series Ex On The Beach
She later joined the cast of The Only Way Is Essex in 2016.
Hayley Hasselhoff
Hasselhoff is an actress and singer, best known for her role in ABC Family's Huge.
She is also the daughter of Baywatch star David Hasselhoff.
Jonny Labey
Soap star Labey is an actor who is best known for playing Paul Coker on EastEnders for a year from 2015.
Kevin McHale
Glee fans will recognise McHale from his role as Artie Abrams on the hit musical show, which he appeared in from 2009 to 2015.
I read this and thought it was a brilliant parody of the way this show might go.
Superb.
Turns out it’s true FFS.
