We Can't Stop Watching Saturday Night Live UK's 'Perfect' X Factor Parody Sketch

“Exactly the sort of niche British pop culture chaos I was hoping this show would lean into...”

Between Cheryl on The Voice UK panel, Jedward in the Big Brother house and whispers about a reboot currently flying around, it seems that many of us are feeling a bit of nostalgia for The X Factor’s glory days right now.

Over the weekend, Saturday Night Live UK tapped into this nostalgia with a sketch devoted to some of the long-running talent show’s most iconic faces.

Remember towards the end of the 2000s, as well as their usual performances, the remaining X Factor hopefuls would all have to take part in a weekly group number, which saw them tackling a big hit of the moment with usually-jarring results?

Well, that’s exactly the memory that SNL UK was giving us with their sketch, perfectly paying homage to everyone from Diana Vickers, Olly Murs and early-days Little Mix to the likes of Wagner and Honey G – while guest host Jamie Demetriou sent up the towering quiffs of the era.

Check out the skit for yourself below:

Since it aired live on Saturday, the sketch has already gone down a storm with viewers, racking up more than one million views on X alone.

Meanwhile, former X Factor viewers were absolutely loving all of the memories that the........

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