Amber Patrice Riley (born February 15, 1986) is an American actress, singer and author.
 She is best known for her portrayal of Mercedes Jones on the Fox comedy-drama series "Glee" (2009–2015).
 For her performance on the series, she won a Screen Actors Guild Award, and has been nominated for three Teen Choice Awards, three NAACP Image Awards, and three Grammy Awards.
The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent.
 The twelfth series began airing on ITV on 29 August 2015 and ended on 13 December 2015.
 The judges were Simon Cowell, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, who returned for their respective ninth and fifth series as judges, series 9 guest judge and former "The Voice UK" coach Rita Ora, and BBC Radio 1 DJ Nick Grimshaw, with Grimshaw and Ora replacing Louis Walsh, the only judge who had been on the show from its inception in 2004, and Mel B.
 It was presented by Caroline Flack and Olly Murs, who had both previously co-presented spin-off show "The Xtra Factor" on ITV2 and replaced Dermot O'Leary, who left after eight series.
 Rochelle Humes and Melvin Odoom presented "The Xtra Factor", replacing Sarah-Jane Crawford.
 Louisa Johnson was announced as the winner on 13 December 2015, making Ora the winning mentor.
The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent.
 The eleventh series began airing on ITV on 30 August 2014 and finished on 14 December 2014.
 Dermot O'Leary presented his eighth series of the main show on ITV and Sarah-Jane Crawford presented spin-off show "The Xtra Factor" on ITV2, replacing Caroline Flack and Matt Richardson.
 Louis Walsh was the only judge from series 10 to return and was joined by former judges Simon Cowell, and Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, and new judge Mel B.
 Sharon Osbourne, Gary Barlow and Nicole Scherzinger left after series 10.
 Former judge Tulisa returned as a guest judge for the final on 13 December due to Mel B being ill.
 The series also saw the lower age limit decreased from 16 to 14, as it was in series 4 and 5.
 This was Walsh's final series as a judge before returning in series 13.
 It was also the only series in which Mel B was a main judge.
 It was O'Leary's final series as presenter on the main show, as he announced on 27 March 2015 that he was leaving to pursue other projects, before returning in series 13.
 On 11 May, Crawford also confirmed via Twitter that she would leave her position as "The Xtra Factor" presenter.
The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent.
 The sixth series started on ITV on 22 August 2009 and was won by Joe McElderry on 13 December 2009.
 Cheryl Cole emerged as the winning mentor for the second consecutive year, the first time in the show's history that a mentor has won back-to-back series.
 The show was presented by Dermot O'Leary, with spin-off show "The Xtra Factor" presented by Holly Willoughby on ITV2.
 McElderry's winner's single was a cover version of Miley Cyrus's "The Climb".
 Public auditions by aspiring singers began in June 2009 and were held in five cities across the UK.
 Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, Minogue and Cole returned as judges.
 This season was the first to be sponsored by Talktalk after they took over the sponsorship from The Carphone Warehouse.
 For the first time, auditions were held in front of a live audience.
 Following initial auditions, the "bootcamp" stage took place in August 2009, where the number of contestants was narrowed down to 24.
 The 24 contestants were split into their categories, Boys, Girls, Over 25s and Groups, and given a judge to mentor them at the "judges' houses" stage and throughout the finals.
Factor X is a Chilean television music competition show, to find new singing talent; the winner of which receives a recording contract with a record label.
 The first season of the show debuted in March 3, 2011, and will be aired on Thursday and Sunday.
 The auditions were in January 2011 and where more than 10.000 people arrived throughout the process.
 It will be hosted by Julián Elfenbein, the same host of the other recent successful talent show "Talento Chileno", the Chilean versión of the "Got Talent" franchise.
 It will be the second version of this format made in Latin America after the Colombian El factor X shows, but the first to meet the new requirements of the franchise in the level of production.
 The judges for this season are Zeta Bosio, Karen Doggenweiler and Tito Beltrán, with Nydia Caro as guest judge.
Australia's Got Talent is an Australian reality television show, based on the original UK series, to find new talent.
 The sixth season aired on the Seven Network from 16 April 2012 until 25 July 2012.
 Dannii Minogue, Brian McFadden and Kyle Sandilands returned as judges, as well as Grant Denyer as host.
 The auditions took place from October–December 2011, and the filming of the show took place from February–March 2012.
 Todd McKenney was a guest judge at the Melbourne auditions, in the absence of Sandilands, and the second show of the finals showdown, in the absence of McFadden.
 This was Minogue and McFadden's final series as judges, as they were replaced by Dawn French, Geri Halliwell and season 5 contestant Timomatic in season 7.
English singer and songwriter Zayn has released one studio album, seven singles (including three as a featured artist), two promotional singles and six music videos.
 In 2010, Malik auditioned as a solo artist for the British reality television music competition "The X Factor".
 After being eliminated as a solo performer, Malik was brought back into the competition, along with Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, and Louis Tomlinson, to form the boy band One Direction.
 During his time in the group, Malik and his bandmates released the albums "Up All Night" (2011), "Take Me Home" (2012), "Midnight Memories" (2013), and "Four" (2014).
 In March 2015, Malik's representative announced the singer's departure from the band.
The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent.
 The eighth series commenced airing on ITV on 20 August 2011 and ended on 11 December 2011.
 The winner was Little Mix, a four-piece girl group known earlier in the series as Rhythmix, consisting of members Jesy Nelson, Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, and Jade Thirlwall.
 They became the first act in the groups category to win in the UK show's history with new judge Tulisa emerging as their winning mentor.
 Dermot O'Leary presented the main show on ITV, while Caroline Flack and series 6 runner-up Olly Murs co-presented the spin-off show "The Xtra Factor" on ITV2, replacing Konnie Huq from the previous year.
 Louis Walsh returned to the judging panel and was joined by Gary Barlow, Kelly Rowland and Tulisa.
 Barlow, Rowland and Tulisa joined the panel as replacements for former judges, Simon Cowell, Dannii Minogue and Cheryl Cole.
 Series 5 winner Alexandra Burke served as a guest judge for week 4 of the live shows due to Rowland having a throat infection.
The X Factor is a British reality television music competition to find new singing talent.
 The contestants are aspiring singers drawn from public auditions.
 Created by Simon Cowell, the show began in 2004 and has since aired annually from August/September until December.
 The show is produced by FremantleMedia's Thames (previously Talkback Thames) and Cowell's production company Syco Entertainment .
 It is broadcast on the ITV network in the UK and simulcast on TV3 in Ireland.
 "X Factor" refers to the undefinable "something" that makes for star quality.
 The series consists of auditions, bootcamp, judges' houses, several weeks of live shows, semi-finals and the final.
 The series had a spin-off behind-the-scenes show called "The Xtra Factor", which aired directly after the main show on ITV2.
 This lasted from series 1 until series 13 when it was cancelled by ITV in January 2017.
Let It Shine is a British reality television music competition to find young men to star in "The Band", a new stage musical featuring the songs of Take That.
 It aired in January and February 2017 on BBC One.
 The show is presented by Graham Norton and Mel Giedroyc, with Gary Barlow, Dannii Minogue and Martin Kemp serving as judges throughout the series.
 Amber Riley was the guest judge for the auditions, followed by Lulu for the group round.
 Ricki Lake was the guest judge for the first live show, Ashley Roberts for the semi-final and Peter Kay for the final.

Question: Let It Shine is a British reality television music competition to find young men to star in "The Band", a new stage musical featuring the songs of what, Amber Patrice Riley was the guest judge for the auditions, born February 15, 1986, is an American actress, singer and author?
Answer: Take That