Host Steve Jones Fired From US "X-Factor"
Host Steve Jones has been fired as Host of The X-Factor. Who is Steve Jones? Exactly.
Unlike Ryan Seacrest, who captured the hearts of America as host of American Idol, nobody really cares about X Factor host Steve Jones. Critics have slammed him as being "utterly irrelevant." According to a source, "He got terrible reviews from critics when he started and things haven’t got better. There have been mistakes and he just doesn’t seem to have the knack for dealing with contestants." Steve Jones' only job description is to look cute, read the contents of an envelope, and occasionally say things like "after the break!" Somehow he managed to screw that up. “The executives at Fox have already decided not to renew his contract and so, short of a miracle happening, it is pretty much a done deal that he will not take part next season," says the source. Rumors are that Nicole Scherzinger will take over as host, mostly because she's so emotional. Criticism for Jones was that he was too cold-hearted towards the contestants. Basically, he didn't hug Rachel Crow when she got voted off. He says he couldn't comfort Rachel Crow because he had too many people yelling in his ear to shut up Paula Abdul. "I feel terrible because I feel on occasions I'm coming across as rude and abrupt and that's really not me," says Jones. Why doesn't Jones think really hard about all the wrong things he's been doing as host, and then do the opposite of that.
X Factor: Kelly Rowland to replace Nicole Scherzinger on US show?
It looks we could be waving goodbye to Kelly Rowland on The X Factor this side of the Atlantic at the end of the year, with Simon Cowell reportedly wanting the singer to replace Nicole Scherzinger on the US version of the show!
“Simon has been blown away by Kelly,” a source tells the Daily Star Sunday.
“He’s made no secret of the fact he thinks she’s the star of the UK show. Simon’s been less impressed with how Nicole is faring in the US.”
We wonder if this means we’ll be getting Cheryl Cole back?
But it sounds as though Kelly will be going out with a bang, reportedly planning a huge medley performance for the live results next month on December 4.
The tabloid reveals she’ll be singing new single Down For Whatever mixed with two of her other hits.
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LIP SYNC by Leroy Bell
Reality show The X Factor USA is being rocked by a lip sync scandal, with Leroy Bell's voice that was heard before he lifted his microphone and started to sing to a pre-recorded track. The pre-recorded singing dished up as a live act to viewers will come as a big embarrassment to Simon Cowell as The X Factor USA, with The X Factor UK that suffered two scandals for using Auto-Tune to enhance contestants' voices. The X Factor USA has just released a statement saying ''All songs are performed live, with just a backing track.'' This major embarrassment might affect viewership for the show in America, as well as possibly in South Africa. The X Factor USA was renewed for a second season in America earlier this week.
It was treated like a major deception by some fans, launching countless cries of foul play on the part of the Fox show. But, the practice of singing to prerecorded vocals on songs isn’t unique to The X Factor, though the show had to fully admit to the practice after Bell’s mistake caught the attention of fans.
“The whole thing is people don’t know that we prerecord those performances and it’s only for that ensemble thing where we have the whole cast, because we have so much stuff to learn every week,” Bell explains.
X Factor USA Stacy Francis In Show Fix Scandal!
The public have let X Factor USA singer into their hearts after she told everyone her story of how she never achieved her dream of stardom.
But has Stacy been lying all along? We’d like to think not because she seems like a genuine person. But evidence has come to light that she’s been on the circuit for a long time as a performer on Broadway, movies/tv and with HUGE musical acts for several YEARS!
In the 90s, Stacy found herself associating with some big name talents. Sources reveal that she toured with the likes of Madonna and Chaka Khan, while also being a regular on New York Broadway stages, like Smokey Joe’s Cafe and Footloose. Beyond that, she also had a lucrative career on the screen.
Stacy even performs in front of celebrities including Mission Impossible star Tom Cruise who is sitting in the front row of her show in the video below. It seems a far cry away from the person she is claiming to be. Stacy has hit back on Twitter saying
If I am such a huge star..I have a question for all of my NEW FANS!?? DID YOU KNOW MY NAME B4 The Xfactor?? no u didn’t SImon discovered me.
I never toured with PRINCE. MADONNA and CHAKA KHAN more lies!
We don’t know is Simon Cowell trying to con the public or is it that just haters are making up rumours to get her thrown out, remember nobody knew her before the show came out and if she was that popular surely somebody would have said something before now?
Watch the performance below:
Dexter Haygood wheels a deal to get the boot?
There was also a brief mention of former contestant Dexter Haygood, who recently told reporters that he bartered a deal with X Factor producers to leave the show early because he was being pushed in the wrong artistic direction. Simon called the claim "absolutely crazy," with Nicole adding, "It's simply not the case." The best reaction, however, goes to L.A. Reid, who'd apparently not heard Dexter's story until the interview: "That's what he said?!" the Boys' mentor asked incredulously. Former "The X Factor" contestant Dexter Haygood said he wasn't pushed off Fox's new singing contest. He jumped.
According to Haygood, 49, who was part of mentor-judge Nicole Scherzinger's group of age 30-plus contestants, he told Scherzinger two days before last Tuesday's show that he was dissatisfied with "X Factor."
