O’Leary’s X Factor hopes

X Factor’s Dermot O’Leary is hopeful this year’s show will find an act who goes on to be as successful as Harry Styles.

The ITV singing competition begins its open auditions this week and the show’s presenter offered some thoughts on the upcoming series.

Asked if he expected to find a singer as good as the former One Direction star, O’Leary told the Press Association: “It’s rare that you get someone who is that young but has got that much wherewithal and that much intelligence and that much talent.

“But they are out there and let’s keep our fingers crossed we find them.”