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Cowell and Cole quit UK X Factor?
A tabloid has claimed that judges Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole have decided not to take part in the next series of ‘The X Factor’ in the UK.
The News of the World says Cowell and Cole, tipped to work together on his US version of the show, have told ITV bosses that they would not have the time to appear on both programmes.
Cowell is quoted by “a friend” as saying: “I’m committed to the American show and I’m not going to do both.”
A source told the paper: “Simon would have to produce two big shows at the same time and he and Cheryl would have to mentor and judge acts in both countries. It would just be too much for them.”
Cowell appeared to say last week in a US interview that he would still appear on both shows.
Cheryl Cole has reportedly signed a deal worth around £10m to become a judge on the US version of The X Factor.
The Girls Aloud singer has been subject to much speculation over her place on the show, but Simon Cowell is said to have finally persuaded US TV executives to give her a slot on the panel.
“Simon is the boss of this show,” a source told the News of the World. “He gets what he wants and he wants Cheryl. The money you make on American TV is huge, but there’s also a huge risk.
“The way American contracts are gives Fox the chance to opt out if viewers don’t take to her. But Simon won’t let that happen.”
Cole is expected to use the show as a springboard for a music career in America: “As soon as it’s announced she’s going to be a judge the plan will be to launch her music career in the States,” the source added.
“It’s important Americans realise she’s a credible music star if she’s going to be judging other singers.”
Meanwhile, Cowell is now trying to arrange for both Cole and himself to star on the US and UK versions of the singing competition simultaneously.
Cheryl Cole and Simon Cowell leaving X Factor, says Louis Walsh
Cheryl Cole and Simon Cowell will not take part in the next series of The X Factor, fellow judge Louis Walsh has revealed.
Simon is working on a new US version of the show and has long been rumoured to be worried about his workload, despite deciding to sit out the auditions stage of Britain’s Got Talent.
Girls Aloud singer Cheryl is set to join him on The X Factor across the Atlantic and Louis told the News of the World that would mean big changes for ITV1′s version.
‘It will be me and Dannii (Minogue) on the UK show with two more people,’ he explained.
A spokesman for Simon said his future involvement with The X Factor here is ‘still being discussed’.
Should Louis prove to be correct, it would be a major blow to ITV to lose the two biggest and most controversial stars from its most popular show.
Nicole Scherzinger is rumoured to have been lined up to replace Cheryl after impressing during a stint as a guest judge last year, but there is no clear frontrunner to step into Simon’s shoes.
This weekend is the finals of The X Factor 2010. This is the first part where all acts sing 2 songs, one of their choice plus a duet with a high profile singer.
Rebecca sung with Christina Aguilera, and Cher sang with Will.i.am! Unfortuneatly, Cher had the least amount of votes from the public and was sent home.
Watch the highlights on Aloudsound.net if you just want to see the Cheryl bits. The full show is on the forum.
Dont forget to watch tonight from pm to see who is crowned this years winner. Will Cheryl get a hat-trick win with Rebecca?
This is the semi-finals for this years The X Factor. Rebecca sang ‘Show Me Love’ and ‘Amazing Grace’, while Cher Lloyd sang B.O.B’s Nothin’ On You and Rihanna and Eminem’s duet Love The Way You Lie.
Watch the highlights on Aloudsound.net if you just want to see the Cheryl bits. The full show is on the forum.
CHERYL Cole has landed a £3million deal to be a judge on the American version of The X Factor.
The Geordie beauty, 27, has been told she has won the race to join show guru Simon Cowell in the States next year.
An American source said: “The execs love her good looks and the way she wears her heart on her sleeve.”
The deal could be a golden ticket to world superstardom, pals said last night. The one-year contract will make her a household name on both sides of the Atlantic.
She has already secured a deal to release her second solo album Messy Little Raindrops in the States next year. Helping launch The X Factor there may well make it a global hit — earning her millions more in extra sales and promotional work.
A source said: “It’s a dream come true.”
Cheryl met with bigwigs from US network Fox in London and Los Angeles in recent weeks. But she has been back in Britain beside fellow judges Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and Dannii Minogue for the X Factor climax.
Fox bosses were in London to watch her in action on Saturday night before they finally rubber-stamped the deal.
Cowell then broke the news to Cheryl. The US TV source revealed: “Cheryl was absolutely delighted.
Simon Cowell has branded fellow X Factor judge Cheryl Cole ‘mad’ and compared Louis Walsh to Coronation Street battleaxe Ena Sharples.
The X Factor supremo said that the constant demands of the show – following a year that has seen the Girls Aloud singer, above, battle malaria and go through a divorce – had tipped her over the edge.
He said: ‘The slogan of this year’s show was “Embrace the madness” and Cheryl says she can’t work out if she is embracing it or actually going mad.’
‘It’s a fine line. But Cheryl has always been mad. Look into her eyes and you will see total madness. She was always fighting it, but it was there ready to come out. I’ve had the most bonkers conversations with her.’
He also accused Cheryl of copying his judging style, stealing his trademark salute at the start of the show and sniped that Dannii Minogue didn’t ‘get’ current pop music.
After slating her last week for not working as hard as he and Dannii did with their acts, he said of Cheryl: ‘Cheryl is kind of a mini-me. She even copied that salute from me. I did it on American Idol.’
And just to twist the knife further, he said would chose Dannii over Cheryl as a mentor: ‘If I had to choose a mentor other than myself, if I was a contestant, I’d want to be mentored by Dannii.’
This is the seventh results show of this years X Factor. Cher was unfortuneatly in the bottom 2 this week with Paije. She managed to sing again and the judges saved her for another week.
Watch the Cheryl highlights on Aloudsound.net if you just want to see the Cheryl bits. The full show is only 1hrs long and u can find it on the forum.
