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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - 9:06 am
We thought we should start a new thread/area for this since the subjects been coming up in the AI threads. 
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, May 07, 2011 - 12:31 pm
And she's back! http://links.visibli.com/links/2b1c75 Abdul rejoins Cowell as 'X Factor' judge "By FRAZIER MOORE, AP Television Writer – 19 mins ago NEW YORK – Paula Abdul will be back at the judging table with Simon Cowell, this time on Fox's "The X Factor," a person familiar with the negotiations said Saturday." [...]
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, May 12, 2011 - 5:43 pm
And strangely enough, I'm happy about this. Could change my mind.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 11:27 pm
According to TMZ, Cheryl Cole is out as judge and Nicole Scherzinger is in! The other guy who was meant to host with Nicole is going to host solo.
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Tissy
Member
07-28-2003
| Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 11:51 pm
It`s all over the papers here in the UK - reports claim it was to do with not understanding her accent http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1390959/Cheryl-Cole-SACKED-U-S-X-Factor--replaced-Pussycat-Doll-Nicole-Scherzinger.html
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 9:39 am
Simon has worked with her in the UK -- her thick Brit accent is suddenly an issue? There has to be more to this story. TMZ also said that there might not have been chemistry between Paula & Cheryl, and that Cheryl was more expendable. We will never know... TMZ story: http://tinyurl.com/3mgslvt
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 10:33 am
I think it might have to do with her not meshing with Paula too. Paula's quite sensitive. Cheryl is decidedly not. And I do think the American audience will have big problems with her accent, and maybe they were seeing that with the auditions. Remember on X-Factor the judges are also mentors, so you hear them more than just the short piece a judge would say. I feel a bit bad for Cheryl, but I love Nicole and we've seen how well she works as a judge and mentor. And Cheryl can go back to the UK X-F she was going to have to drop to do this. Allegedly Cheryl broke up with Derek Hough because the X-Factor producers thought she needed someone higher profile. Mind you I always thought that was a bit of an arranged marriage to give him exposure in the UK and her exposure here.
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 11:40 am
Cheryl appears to have gotten royally screwed. Excuse the pun. LOL. She left UK X-Factor to do this - I wouldn't blame her if she told Simon buh-bye and did not return to the UK show.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 12:08 pm
You think Simon would care? I think Simon has a back up plan for everything, there were plenty of names floating round for Cheryl's spot. But yes, I agree she was royally screwed, but I think she might have brought a little of it on herself, because of not being able to play nicely with others. There were often problems between her and Dannii. Well, according to the oh so reliable papers there were.
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 12:20 pm
Chemistry is everything, eh? :-) When they show the audition shows Cheryl will be in at least two, I think. LA for sure, which was the first one on May 10th. It will be interesting to see how they deal with it.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 6:50 pm
This article says Cheryl and Paula didn't click and Paula was clearly favored. Nicole Scherzinger as a judge.. not so sure but I didn't really know Cheryl Cole. http://blog.music.aol.com/2011/05/26/nicole-scherzinger-replaces-cheryl-cole-on-x-factor/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl2%7Csec3_lnk3%7C66335
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Tissy
Member
07-28-2003
| Saturday, June 04, 2011 - 8:44 pm
She`s coming back to X Factor according to the UK news reports. `AXED Cheryl Cole is sensationally returning to American X Factor, the News of the World can reveal. She's expected to rejoin the judging panel when auditions start again in New Jersey on Wednesday. Her shock return comes after a huge U-turn by bosses at the American TV network Fox who have agreed NOT to sack the Girls Aloud singer - after Simon Cowell stepped in for Cheryl. Last night Cowell was thrashing out the final terms of the deal for Cheryl to return to the judging panel - while Nicole Scherzinger, who was due to replace her, will now revert to being the show's co-presenter instead. And Cheryl, 27, was frantically sorting out her visa so she can go straight back to work in the US on the panel with Simon, Paula Abdul and music mogul LA Reid. An insider said: "This is the biggest surprise of the lot - Cheryl is back. Who could possibly have predicted this - it appeared that Simon had dumped Cheryl for good? "But behind the scenes Simon has been wooing Cheryl. "And key executives at Fox all realised they had made a big mistake. They have been watching the tapes of her at the American auditions and realising that she could be a huge star over there." Simon Cowell up to his usual PR stunts?
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Saturday, August 20, 2011 - 11:00 pm
If anyone fancies a little UK X-Factor to whet their appetities, it started this week and the official X-Factor youtube lets you play their videos in North America. They have short clips and the full performances with the judges' comments, so look for the longer youtubes (six minutes or more), they usually but not always say "Full version." This was the best of the night imo, a wee Irish lassie singing Your Song: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheXFactorUK#p/u/1/f4EE4bIFixQ
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Vilhelmusic
Member
08-09-2007
| Friday, August 26, 2011 - 11:56 am
Hey Bonzacat, where is the thread for Karaoke Battle USA, which started two weeks ago and is a talent competition. I was on the premiere episode for goodness sake! Sad to see that it has been ignored. Poor ABC.
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Stefne
Member
06-14-2011
| Sunday, September 18, 2011 - 5:50 pm
So excited for the start of this show!! I really hope it can live up to the hype. I need something to cure me of my BB withdrawals.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 10:10 am
Thankfully, Paula is up to her crazy antics again. Last night on David Letterman: gawker
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 1:25 pm
Two hours tonight and two hours tomorrow night . I get the impression not many people are interested, I was kind of expecting more hype about it this last week, maybe I've just not been watching enough tv.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 1:30 pm
The problem for me is that it's up against Modern Family's hour-long season premiere tonight--and guess who's gonna win?
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 2:50 pm
It's not just Modern Family, it's Criminal Minds and Harry's Law all on at the same time. I'm taping Criminal Minds, because CBS doesn't always put shows online, watching X-Factor, and using hulu for Harry's Law. Modern Family repeats on Friday night, so I'll watch that then.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 4:28 pm
I didn't even know until I watched that Letterman clip that the big prize is a 5 Million dollar recording deal. Wow.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 6:52 pm
I want Cheryl Cole x infinity Nicole can stay far away imo.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 10:20 pm
I don't think there's any more Cheryl, just Nicole from now on. I like them both so I don't mind. I don't know why they didn't just cut the music on penis guy and kick him out.
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Snoopsmom
Member
02-19-2003
| Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 4:35 am
It will be interesting to see how X Factor does in the ratings. I skipped the first hour, opting to watch Survivor. Tuned into the second hour but was somewhat underwhelmed. The penis guy was given way too much time, and the overdramtic reaction of Paula was ridiculous. Think tonight I'll opt to watch Person of Interest and dvr Grey's, so X Factor won't be a consideration.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 6:04 am
Dare I ask what the "penis guy" is all about? We're planning to watch this with our kids.
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Justmom2
Member
03-15-2008
| Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 6:18 am
Jimmer, it seemed that he was naked as they put a big X-factor X in front of his private area. Paula with all the drama, ran away and very dramatically could be heard barfing in the bathroom. However...if he had actually been naked I would have thought he not only would have been physically removed from the stage, but also arrested. On another site I read that he has done this before and wears a male g string??
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