Whitney Houston was being considered for X Factor, Simon Cowell confirms, “would have been ultimate judge”. Cowell called in tonight when the tragic news broke about Whitney’s death at the young age of 48. Cowell was to meet with Houston on Monday. Cowell was extremely upset whilst speaking with Pierce Morgan on CNN Saturday night. […]

Nicole Scherzinger says she gave X Factor 110 percent and has no regrets. When Simon Cowell spoke out on the X Factor firings, he reported that Nicole was disappointed about not being invited for the shows second season. Nicole is now speaking out and saying that she wouldn’t have done anything differently. “I loved being […]

Simon Cowell has suggested Steve Jones will not be reprising his role as host for The X Factor’s second season. The X Factor executive producer and judge said it’s necessary to restrict the amount of British talent on an American show and, when taking into account himself and Jones, two may simply be too many […]

Last night on the X Factor USA the season’s top 17 battled it out for the judges’ approval and a spot in the remaining Top 12 performers for the live shows. Each of the four judges had to make cuts during the live show based on the performances. Paula, LA, and Nicole each had to […]

X Factor USA moves to judges houses tonight when the season’s remaining 32 performers shift to the next phase in the competition. Simon will lead the female vocalists, LA the males, Paula will guide the groups, and Nicole has the adults. This next phase of the X Factor 2011 season will last just three short […]

X Factor USA final 32 performers were announced and we’ve got those details. First up though are the judges group assignments. You can find out who will be mentoring which X Factor Top 32 groups here. Those results will have a huge impact on the rest of the season so learn them well. Now back […]

X Factor USA Boot Camp part 2 plays out tonight on FOX when Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, LA Reid, and Nicole Scherzinger make the final cuts and send over two thirds of the remaining singers home. Last night on X Factor 2011 episode 5, 62 singers were cut and brought the total count down to […]

Simon Cowell previews X Factor USA boot camp in this discussion with MTV News. He sat down with LA Reid, his co-judge, and spoke with MTV about how different X Factor was from American Idol, especially when it came to this next down-select. Unlike Idol’s “Hollywood Week” which Simon referred to as “high-gloss” you’ll get […]

X Factor USA goes to boot camp this week since Simon isn’t content to just follow the formula of American Idol. Instead he’ll march over a hundred singers off to training to see who has it and who has got to be sent home. Last week on X Factor 2011 the singers audition process concluded […]

Update: TV Guide says Paula will not be doing Star Search after all. Did Simon swoop in and lock her down for his X-Factor show next year? Paula Abdul may be returning as a judge to reality television but not in the role you may think. Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Abdul is finalizing a […]