16 February, 2012 at 8:23 pm

Simon Cowell Overhauls ‘X Factor’ & Kelly Rowland Still Out

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Simon Cowell has been hacking away at his ‘X Factor‘ empire, and now he’s changing the rules to let singers with management audition. Ryan Seacrest is still in the mix and poor Kelly Rowland seems to be the only to now know she’s been fired from ‘X Factor UK’.

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In a move that’s not so shocking, but seems to be shocking the industry, Simon Cowell is allowing singers who have prior management to audition and compete on the ‘X Factor’. I’d been hearing this for months now, but I do wonder how things will turn out if one of the singers with management is looking to win. I can only imagine what the signing contract will look like for those people. The ‘X Factor’ has been through some rough times last year, but these changes may bring in some good talent.

In my opinion, ‘The Voice‘ is the one show that seems to garner the best talent, and I love the process so much more. Having the judges compete as they do for the talent itself definitely makes the audience feel more in on the whole thing. Plus, who doesn’t love those revolving chairs…unlike the figurative ones on the ‘X Factor USA’.

Here’s what Cowell had to say about this new development. “We wanted to change a few things this year, so starting with the auditions, we’ve torn up the rulebook again. Even if you have management you can still enter, and we are making it easier by extending the online auditions and taking the MyStudio booths to even more cities. You can enter as many times as you want and come to any of the cities, too. We’re here to discover stars from all music styles including groups. I really believe a group can win this show!”

Of course, the sole remaining judge with Cowell,LA Reid had to have his say too. “In the music industry, when you’re looking for new talent you can discover it anywhere. THE X FACTOR is opening this up to go further than anyone has before, and that’s what it takes, so I can’t wait to see what amazing talent we might find. I urge people to go out and audition, this is the real deal.”

Now on to the more interesting stuff. By now, Cowell is enjoying all the massive press he’s getting and all the rumors of Beyonce getting a half billion payout are just feeding his fires. We’re still hearing that Mariah Carey is looking pretty for one of the judges seats, and Ryan Seacrest is inching closer to a gig on the show reuniting the ‘American Idol‘ friends. Our FOX sources that have always been accurate had this to say. “Simon’s been letting all the crazy press stories stay active, but anytime there’s a call about Ryan coming over, he’s kills that immediately not wanting to mess things up. They’ve been talking for months now, and it’s looking closer to a deal, especially with auditions starting next month.”
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‘X Factor UK’ judge Kelly Rowland seems to be the only one to not realize she’s getting canned. I’m surprised Simon hasn’t done it already, but the focus right now is getting ‘X Factor USA’ in order, but we’re hearing that Dannii Minogue or Cheryl Cole will be filling her spot pretty quickly. Rowland did her press rounds last month hoping Cowell would let her come over the judge ‘X Factor USA’, but she didn’t do herself any favors with the diva complaints that plagued her tenure over there. I like Rowland, but she just seemed so out of place on that show. Remember when she was on that horrible Project Runway ripoff on Bravo with Isaac Mizrahi? It was even worse than that for her on ‘X Factor UK’.

Now for all you singer wannabes, here’s what you want to know.

· Online auditions open March 1 at www.TheXFactorUSA.com;

· MyStudio HD Recording Studios across America open March 1 (see below for details)

· Open Calls begin March 14 in Kansas City and continue in Austin, TX (March 22); San Francisco (April 20); Greensboro, NC (May 1); and an additional city to be announced

THE X FACTOR reopens its invitation to ALL of America, ages 12 and over with no upper age limit, to audition for Season Two (subject to full eligibility requirements).

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nic
nic

Who says kelly rowland was not good on xfactor uk? She was the best judge on the show, get you facts right people. Kelly was very honest and good fun and offered real good advice. Watch the show, she was brilliant honestly. Stop hating her when she did a great job!

khatman100
khatman100

@444myangels so you weren't impressed by Charice's rendition of Listen while rehearsing in Italy. OK I will post another rendition of Listen but this time not a rehearsal but a performance in front of thousands. The following video was taken at the Kodak Theater in Feb 2009 as an After Oscar Party put on by Oprah. ?v=JvXaOCTC6wU As for "swallowing the mic" that's just the way she sings - I'm used to it. Her voice is so powerful that sometimes she has to move the mic a couple of feet away.

khatman100
khatman100

@444myangels Currently Lady Gaga is the number one female singer in the world(at least wrt $earnings) . Gaga is immensely talented, plays the piano, writes her own songs, classically trained. In fact I don't know why she depends on wearing outrageous outfits for shock value. She could be like Adele who is fast catching up in popularity (5 or 6 grammies). Gaga's biggest critic is Madonna who recently accused Gaga of ripping off some of her material when she Madonna was popular in the 80's.

khatman100
khatman100

@444myangels The more famous one gets the more critics there are until one gets so good the critics fade into the woodwork. Charice long ago accepted the way she looks and those who have seen and heard her sing live fall in love with her talent and charisma. The only thing Charice is sensitive about is her height(4'9"). Sometimes I think that is why she doesn't use backup dancers because of the height difference.

Charlie10765
Charlie10765

She's very average, an untidy screamer, bring back Mariah, all is forgiven

Halfblackninja92
Halfblackninja92

I love how they announce their names as if they were going into a fight like street fighter lol

444myangels
444myangels

@steven1660 LOL- yes I agree :) Many ppl can sing & hit the notes but the "special tone" like Melanie's is special. She's not just singing like C but Melanie is part of the song...wow!

444myangels
444myangels

@khatman100 Ur Q on Lady Gaga: Don't know much about her but everytime I c her, she's pretty entertaining - amazing how she thinks of all those outfit. I saw her on a talk show and she was very down-to-earth which made her look "pretty" to me. Maybe she looks like crap w/out makeup but she looks great dressed in her crazy outfits :) I'm sure music industry say great things about C but what's the point? She's been around a while and Mel is just getting started. I'm sure M will get noticed too!