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Cowell: It's Important to Have American Judges on U.S. ''X Factor''
COWELL: IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE AMERICAN JUDGES ON U.S. ''X FACTOR''
Simon Cowell believes it is important to have American judges on the US ''X Factor.''
The music mogul - who is launching his pop star search competition in the states this year - admitted he is worried his knowledge of the US music industry is not extensive and he is happy to get as much help as he can from those who are more informed than he is.
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Simon Cowell believes it is important to have American judges on the US ''X Factor.''
The music mogul - who is launching his pop star search competition in the states this year - admitted he is worried his knowledge of the US music industry is not extensive and he is happy to get as much help as he can from those who are more informed than he is. He explained: "I have to make sure we have a lot of Americans working on the show to begin with. I've got to have people on the panel with me who can judge American talent because I'm 51 years old, I'm British and we've got people as young as 14 entering this competition."
"So I've got to make sure I've got people sitting alongside me who genuinely know what they're talking about so that we don't lose somebody in the audition process."
Simon - who is expected to name Def Jam chairman Antonio "L.A." Reid as the first "X Factor" judge - also promised the program will be different to the UK version of the show because the two countries have different music markets.
He added in an interview with MTV: "I've gone into it, first of all, that it is an American show and whatever happened on the U.K. last year is gone. This is an American competition for American contestants. From a pride point of view, they want to make this the best show they've ever done."
British singer Cheryl Cole - who is also a judge on the UK version of the program - has been tipped to take a seat on the US panel, with Usher, Nicole Scherzinger and Katy Perry also linked to the show.
Meanwhile, singer Enrique Iglesias has reportedly been approached to take on presenting duties.
While a number of people were competing for the role - including UK "X Factor" host Dermot O'Leary - Simon is said to have approached the "Hero" singer about working on the show.
However, it is unclear if Enrique is interested in the role.
Nicole Scherzinger Likes to Tease Cowell
NICOLE SCHERZINGER LIKES TO TEASE COWELL
Nicole Scherzinger likes to tease Simon Cowell about his ''powder face.''
The "Don't Hold Your Breath" singer - who worked with Simon on the UK version of "The X Factor" as a guest judge and is hotly tipped for a role on the US form of the show - enjoys a great relationship with the music mogul and particularly enjoys watching him have his make-up put on.
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Nicole Scherzinger likes to tease Simon Cowell about his ''powder face.''
The "Don't Hold Your Breath" singer - who worked with Simon on the UK version of "The X Factor" as a guest judge and is hotly tipped for a role on the US form of the show - enjoys a great relationship with the music mogul and particularly enjoys watching him have his make-up put on. She said: "I have a great relationship with him, we have a blast. I have so much fun teasing Simon we hang out."
"He has what I call a 'powder face.' Whenever the make-up artist puts a light coat of powder over his face he leans back, closes his eyes and relaxes like he is meditating. He's very peaceful."
The 32-year-old beauty is currently dating British Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton, and when the pair enjoy some time together they love eating and "get crazy" having a games evening.
She told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "I don't have much down time but when I do I love to cook for him. I make this dish my family in Hawaii make, oyster chicken - it's been in the family for years."
"It's chicken, lots of vegetables and rice, so it's really healthy. If I wanna get crazy I'll have game night. We play 'Cranium,' 'Taboo' or cards. I can kick a*s but Lewis is pretty good at cards - although he's pretty good at everything."
Simon Cowell: Paula Abdul Being Considered for 'X Factor' Judge Position
Simon Cowell continues to be cagey regarding final selection for the 'X Factor' judges panel. He did, however, reveal the names of possible judges and those who definitely aren't being considered on 'Access Hollywood Live'. Cowell said that George Michael, Nicole Scherzinger, Mariah Carey and Paula Abdul are possibilities, but that Christina Aguilera and Katy Perry are not. He also said that Elton John is absolutely not in the running "He's so grumpy nowadays. He'd just be moaning the whole time," said Cowell. Watch the video after the jump.
But Billy Bush takes Cowell's dig at John as a sign that the singer is "definitely in." "The catfight between these two is going to be epic," said Bush.
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It's always nice to have a laugh at Simon Cowell's smug (but strangely handsome) face and that's just what Jay Leno did last night. Simon got all red faced on The Jay Leno Show over in the U.S. last night when footage of his TV debut was shown.
When Simon was just a young man with lovely bouffant hair and his actual, original teeth he appeared on classic game show Sale of the Century. Somehow Jay Leno managed to get hold of said show and aired it for all to see. In the footage Simon is introduced as a ‘keen go kart racer’ while being paraded in by a glamourous assistant LOL! The footage is avaliable on YouTube somewhere if you fancy a look for yourself.
Simon also revealed that he hasn’t received an invite to the Royal Wedding, Jay suggested maybe he had been snubbed by the Queen, to which Simon said ‘It feels a little bit like that doesn't it? … What have I done wrong? I may have said something to the Queen about her hat when I met her.'
But Simon is so not bov’ved and was quick to add that he couldn’t even go if he was invited as he will be off filming U.S. X Factor. So ha!
He also said that the winner of U.S. X Factor will get a cheque for $5million. Hang on a minute, isn’t that like £3 million quid? Did Matt Cardle get that? Nah, didn’t think so. Imagine if Steve Brookstein had got such a sum, then he might not be so grumpy. Then again, they do say everything is bigger in America.
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