| XFACTOR | The - - - , TV talent show (1,6) |
| MIKA | Singer/songwriter who was a judge on the TV talent show competition The Piano (4) |
| ALOUD | Pop act created through the TV talent show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002, Girls _ (5) |
| ESME | _ Young, presenter on the TV talent show The Great British Sewing Bee (4) |
| CONNIE | She won the TV talent show How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? _ Fisher (6) |
| VOICE | Express the TV talent show with Sir Tom Jones (5) |
| LYTHGOE | Former dancer and TV talent show judge, Nigel _ (7) |
| ACADEMY | Fame _, TV talent show first won by David Sneddon (7) |
| MINOGUE | Dannii, Australian singer and presenter of TV talent shows such as The X Factor and Let It Shine (7) |
| FACTOR | The X ___, TV talent show back on our screens, with 8A returning to defend her title as winning mentor of the last series (6) |
| GRAHAM | ___ Norton, host of the BBC TV talent show (6) |
| SHINE | Let It ___, title of the prime-time Saturday night TV talent show (5) |
| LEE | ___ Mead, performer and Holby City star who won a TV talent show and the lead in 27D in 2007 (3) |
| POPSTARS | ___: The Rivals, TV talent show on which 13A were put together (8) |
| GOT | "Britain's ... Talent", TV talent show where Simon Cowell is a judge (3) |
| IDOL | Pop ___ , British TV talent show of which Will Young won the inaugural series in 2002 (4) |
| FACES | New _, TV talent show of the 1970s and 80s (5) |
| NEW | TV talent show of the 1970s and 80s, _ Faces (3) |
| STARSEARCH | Onetime TV talent show |
| SALMONCOWELL | Fishy TV talent show judge? |
