Simon Cowell Leaving American Idol

After much speculation, Simon Cowell announced at the Television Critics Association press tour in California that this season of American Idol will, in fact, be his last.

Cowell has been in negotiations with Fox to expand his hit UK reality competition X Factor to the United States. Reports claim that X Factor will make its US television debut in 2011. Cowell will be serving as executive producer and judge.

With Or Without Simon Cowell, ‘Idol’ Will Continue

Fox is close to reaching a deal with 19 Entertainment and FremantleMedia to keep American Idol on the air through 2014 with or without Simon Cowell. Currently, the network has secured Idol through 2011, but rumors have been swirling that Simon Cowell plans to leave the show after the upcoming season in a move to bring his hit UK show X-Factor to the States.

Will X-Factor end the Idol franchise?

Simon Cowell Leaving American Idol?

Simon Cowell’s brother says that Simon will be leaving American Idol in 2010. Simon Cowell has become one of this richest men in television, earning about $75 million in the united states last year.

Cowell is also a judge on the hit t.v. show in the U.K., “The X Factor” which he is in negotiations with right now.

And according to Simon’s brother, Tony Cowell, the British star is so keen on making that program a success, he’s preparing to retire from “American Idol.”

He says, “A press statement is being prepared which will confirm what everybody expected: Simon will leave ‘Idol’ at the end of 2010 to concentrate on bringing the American version of ‘X Factor’ to U.S. TV in 2011.”

The news comes just months after judge Paula Abdul quit the show over an alleged pay dispute in August. She has been replaced by talk show host, Ellen Degeneres for the 2010 season.

Rage Against The Machine Beats ‘X Factor’ Winner Joe McElderry

Photograph: Owen Humphreys/Rex Features/PA/Rex Features

In a battle for the U.K.’s first-ever download-only Christmas No. 1, Rage Against The Machine beat newly crowned X Factor winner Joe McElderry.

Rage Against The Machine challenged their fans to download the bands 1992 track ‘Killing In The Name’ and, thanks to hundreds of thousands of members of a Facebook group aimed at getting the band’s song to No. 1, the band succeeded and landed on top of the chart above McElderry’s cover of Miley Cyrus’ ‘The Climb’.

The race to number one was a heated one with X Factor creator, Simon Cowell, expressing his distaste for the campaign to keep McElderry from the No. 1 spot.

Leona Lewis Performs ‘I Got You’ On Letterman

Leona Lewis’ second single ‘I Got You’ hit the radio last week and she’s back in the states promoting her new album Echo.

Check out Lewis’ performance on The David Letterman Show –

Simon Cowell Has A Soft Spot For Miley Cyrus

Seems like Simon Cowell has a bit of a soft spot for Miley Cyrus.

Cowell has picked Cyrus’ song ‘The Climb’ to be sung by the four remaining contestants on the British reality show X Factor. Each will perform a rendition of the tune for the show, but the song choice has the two older contenders, Olly Murs and Danyl Johnson, nervous. The song is clearly meant to attract a younger audience, so does that mean this year’s winner will be either Joe McElderry or Stacey Solomon?

Who do you think will win?

Alicia Keys Live On X Factor

Alicia Keys performed an amazing medley of ‘Empire State Of Mind’, ‘Doesn’t Mean Anything’, and ‘No One’ on Britain’s The X Factor.

I definitely prefer her solo version of ‘Empire State Of Mind’. I hope she releases it soon.

Check it out –

Rihanna Live On X Factor

Rihanna made her way across the pond to promote her album, Rated R, overseas. Rihanna performed ‘Russian Roulette’ on The X-Factor. Seems as though she was channeling some Sharon Stone from Basic Instinct for this performance.

Check out her performance –

Leona Lewis Debuts At No. 1 On U.K. Charts With ‘Echo’

Leona Lewis scored a No. 1 debut on the U.K. album chart Sunday (Nov. 22) with her second album Echo.

The former X Factor winner sold 161,000 copies of Echo, compared to an opening of 375,000 for her first album Spirit almost two years ago.

Lewis’ debut pushed 2008 X Factor runners-up JLS down to No. 2 with their self-titled debut album.

Whitney Houston’s Wardrobe Malfunction On X-Factor

Whitney Houston served as a guest mentor on Britain’s The X Factor on Saturday and sang her latest single, “Million Dollar Bill,” on Sunday’s results show.

About two minutes into the song, a strap at the back of her dress broke!

While Houston made one brief attempt to adjust the rebellious strap, she quickly returned her full attention to the song, and seemed to take the mishap in stride.

“I sang myself out of my clothes,” Houston joked.

Check out Whitney’s wardrobe malfunction –

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