Nicole Choosing Between X Factor And Making Album

X Factor bosses face a battle to sign up judge Nicole Scherzinger for a new series.

The American beauty is having doubts that she can juggle both her singing and judging duties.

Nicole had seemed a dead cert for a return after wowing fans in the last series and had started serious talks with producers.

But the ex-Pussycat Doll is releasing a new album in November on both sides of the Atlantic and will need to be available for promotion.

X Factor chiefs have tabled a “generous” offer - thought to be around £1million - but Nicole has insisted that money is not the sticking point.

She told a pal: “I’m so torn right now. My heart wants me to come back and do the show as I had such a great time last year.

“But my album is coming out and I also need to focus on that.

“I don’t think I can make it work. By trying to juggle the two, one or both will suffer.” Nicole also feared fans would react badly if she did the show then had to jet off to the States midweek for promotional work.

She mentioned negative comments which surrounded former judge Kelly Rowland after her decision to return to LA in 2011, citing a throat infection, which meant she missed some live shows.

Speaking to her confidante, Nicole, who is dating F1 ace Lewis Hamilton, said: “I recall Kelly getting some harsh criticism when she went back to LA and missed a show. I don’t want that to happen to me, as I love working with my acts. That’s what made it so special.”

But friends of the star are advising her to return to the show, claiming she will regret it if she doesn’t.

Show boss Simon Cowell wants the judging line-up to be announced soon to ensure the programme regains its focus. And he said this week that he planned to revamp “every aspect of the show”.

The first round of auditions, which will see wannabes performing for judges without backing music, starts in June, with the show returning in late August or early September.

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Sharon Osbourne Back On X Factor

Simon Cowell hailed the return of Sharon Osbourne to the X Factor today as the new look judging line-up was officially revealed.

Sharon will sit on the singing show's panel alongside last year's judges Nicole Scherzinger, Gary Barlow and her old pal Louis Walsh.

Show boss Simon Cowell said of the news today: "Three words I never thought I'd say.... Welcome back Sharon!"

While former judge Sharon, 60, who quit the show in 2007, declared: “I couldn’t be happier about coming back for the 10th anniversary of X Factor.

"I can’t wait to give Gary Barlow a big hug, sit next to the gorgeous Nicole, and of course throw water on dear Louis. Yay!”

It has also been revealed that wannabes will have to tackle TWO sets of auditions.

First the hopefuls will face the judges in an intimate audition room.

And if they receive three or more yeses, they will then go on to perform for the panel again in an arena.

Only if they prove they can impress an audience will they then make it through to the next round.

Speaking about returning for a second series, Nicole Scherzinger, who won the competition with her act James Arthur last year, said: “I had so much fun and such a great experience on the show last year – it far exceeded all my expectations!

"I always give 110 per cent to all I do and I put everything else on hold to focus on X Factor and supporting my Scherzy boys.

"This year, now that I’ve worked out doing my new music and the show together, I am so excited to get back to the UK, my second home, and get stuck into X Factor 2013!”

Louis, who is the only judge who has appeared on all nine previous series, added: “I'm back with a vengeance!

"Ten years on and I'm just as thrilled to be involved in the best show on TV and even more delighted to be re-united with original judge Sharon Osbourne. Let the fun and games commence!”

Dermot O'Leary will also return to host the ITV1 show.

The judges’ auditions will start on June 4 in Glasgow before visiting Birmingham, Manchester, London and Cardiff.

This will be followed by the second stage of judges’ arena auditions in July.

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Caroline Flack Fronts Xtra Factor With New Co-host Matt Richardson

Caroline Flack will be back to front The Xtra Factor again this year with new co-host Matt Richardson.

Young comic Matt, 21, is replacing Caroline's former sidekick Olly Murs, who stepped down from the show after two years to concentrate on his music career.

Caroline, 33, said today: "I'm really excited to be hosting Xtra Factor for the third year!

'Excited' Matt Richardson will co-host The Xtra Factor with Caroline Flack.

"Of course I'm going to miss Olly every day, but I am very proud that his music is doing so well all around the world.

"I really feel that Matt will bring something completely different to the show. He's a real find, he makes me laugh and it's great to introduce new talent. I can't wait to get started."

Matt, who has been a regular on the comedy circuit for the past two years, added: "I cannot describe how excited I am to be joining The Xtra Factor.

"Working with Caroline and the rest of the team will be an incredible experience and I will do my best to be as good as I possibly can, because I'm never going to be as gorgeous as Olly Murs."

Richard Holloway, Managing Director of Thames, said: "We are delighted that Caroline is back and that she’ll be joined by Matt. They’ve got great chemistry and as soon as we saw them together we knew they were a winning combination.”

The X Factor and The Xtra Factor will return to ITV and ITV2 respectively this autumn.

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Union J Want Ten No1 Singles

Union J want to chalk up at least ten hits.

GEORGE SHELLEY, JOSH CUTHBERT, JAYMI HENSLEY and JJ HAMBLETT, who reached the semi-finals of last year’s X Factor with LOUIS WALSH as their mentor, release their debut single Carry You in June.

Josh said: “If we’re talking goals, ten No1s would be nice, we may as well aim high.”

They’ll do all right if their 900,000-plus Twitter followers buy their stuff.

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Shazza Shafts Scherza

Sharon Osbourne has already drawn up the battle lines on the new X Factor judging panel - using her gigantic gob to overshadow Nicole Scherzinger.

As the new series - set to air on ITV in August - shapes up to be the most brutal yet, mouthy Shazza dominated the first day of auditions as wannabes were slammed and shamed during a marathon TEN-HOUR audition.

The judge, who is back on the show after quitting in 2007, eclipsed the returning ex-Pussycat Doll - despite Nicole coaching last series’ winner James Arthur.

Less than half of the 50 hopefuls were invited back to the next round as dreams were dashed during trials at Glasgow’s Hilton hotel on Tuesday.

TV Biz can reveal one of those hoping for a break was Scottish contestant Jade Richards, who returned for a THIRD attempt at success.

Jade made it to the judges’ houses in 2011, jetting to Miami with Kelly Rowland, before getting the boot and trying again last year.

This time, she faced an extra-tough panel, with judges under orders from Simon Cowell to improve the quality of singers after last year’s series lost three million viewers. And the panel aren’t hiding their feelings. At one point Sharon cackled so hard at a rubbish singer she FELL OFF her chair.

The cosmetic surgery fan also had the rest of the panel - Louis Walsh and Gary Barlow - in stitches after a tree surgeon came on to audition and she remarked: “Ooh, I love a good surgeon!”

A source said: “Sharon certainly made the most of her comeback. She sat in the middle of the panel and had something flamboyant to say about every act.”

The antics left Nicole fighting to get a word in, while Gary and Louis “chuckled”. The source added: “Nicole enjoyed being the wacky one who would say silly things and get loads of attention last year. But in Glasgow she struggled to get into the limelight as Sharon was always hogging it.

“Nicole likes Sharon but has got to raise her game or she’ll end up on the cutting room floor.”

The four head to Birmingham on Monday for the second round of auditions, held only in front of the judges.

Those successful will be invited back to a second audition with an audience.

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Dannii Minogue On Her Fling With Simon Cowell

Dannii Minogue admits she was left bruised by the revelation of her affair with Simon Cowell but says the music mogul isn’t bad - just “as batty as anything”.

The pair got together when they were both judges on The X Factor but fell out after their relationship was revealed in Tom Bower’s tell-all book on the telly executive.

Aussie star Dannii says she was left hurt by the kiss-and-tell biography, said to have been written with Cowell’s co-operation - but hinted it may not have revealed the full truth.

She said: “What the hell is there to say? Fact - or fiction? That’s all I’m saying. I don’t understand any of it. It’s his thing, his issue.

“He’s been amazing and he’s taught me so much. I have so much to be thankful to him for. But sometimes your friends can hurt you.

Judges Simon Cowell and Dannii Minogue had a fling while working on X Factor.

“I don’t think he’s bad. I just think he’s batty as anything.”

Dannii recently filmed episodes of her new show Britain & Ireland’s Next Top Model in Barbados, just yards from Cowell’s luxury house and the super-posh Sandy Lane Hotel where he often stays.

And she admitted wondering what would happen if she bumped into him.

She said: “I’d smile and say, ‘Hi’. I think he would want to run and hide. But it’s his issue.

“I don’t have any nastiness or bad feelings. People only bring you down if you let them.”

Dannii is now working for Cowell again on the Australian version of The X Factor - with Ronan Keating as a fellow judge.

But she said she has no fear of ever seeing the music mogul Down Under as he refuses to fly that far.

In a tell-all chat with The Sun, she said: “I don’t think he knows where Australia is.

“He has that whole thing where he hates flying - and there’s the smoking thing. That’s why he has to go on a private jet, so he can smoke.

“He’s like, ‘I can’t get a private jet to Australia but I can’t do the no-smoking thing either’. ”

Dannii’s latest job as a judge on Britain & Ireland’s Next Top Model - presented by supermodel Elle Macpherson - sees her sitting alongside US male fashion model and actor Tyson Beckford.

The show, which launches next Thursday on Sky Living, is a chance for her to show her maternal side as she encourages aspiring young models to find their way.

And in real life, she is loving being a mum to two-year-old Ethan, her son by her ex, model Kris Smith.

She said: “He’s nearly three and he’s so smart. He said the word ‘obstruction’ the other day.

“He’s big. They worked out that he’ll be 6ft 1in when he’s an adult. Kris is 6ft 4in but my height brings it down. He’s going to be the first tall Minogue.”

Dannii moved back to Oz so that Ethan could be closer to Manchester-born Kris, who is now based there, and her own parents.

She said the arrangement is working well but admitted she would never have planned to be a single mother.

She said: “I’ve got friends who planned that and they love it. But I wouldn’t ever have done it. I’m still waiting for Ethan to say, ‘Dad, lets me do it’ about something.

“My neighbour is a single mum with a 14-year-old. He’s so well-adjusted and polite. He even said to me, ‘Don’t worry, you’ll be fine’. And it is fine.

“There’s a sadness but I don’t worry about being a single mum because I know I’m very, very capable. Ethan’s got grandparents in the UK and in Australia, so it’s cool.

“When Kris and I met in a club it was like Cupid’s arrow - boom. This was meant to happen, little Ethan.

“Kris even dreamt of his name, before we knew we were having a boy. It was like he was just meant to be there. And Kris is a good dad with him - that’s all you can strive for. to be good parents."

Despite being single, Dannii admitted she is so broody she picks up other people’s babies - just to SNIFF them. She said: “Oh, I love picking up babies. Just to warn people out there, I do walk up to mums and say, ‘You look like you need a break’. And I pick up their babies and cuddle them and smell them and sniff their hair.”

Dannii revealed her sister Kylie is loving being an auntie - even though Ethan sometimes gets muddled up because they look so similar.

She laughed: “The first time she picked up Ethan he could smell her and she was talking and we sound really similar. He looked up thinking, ‘Mummy?’

“Even now, sometimes he gets confused. She’s walked in from a distance and he’s said, ‘Mummy’, but then she’s got closer to him and he’s gone, ‘Oh’.

“There’s this amazing poster of Kylie playing the fairy in Moulin Rouge and Ethan looks at it and says, ‘Mummy’s flying’. That’s how close we are. To see her pick up my baby was pretty special.”

So will Kylie be walking down the aisle with boyfriend Andres Velencoso any time soon?

Dannii beams: “I hope so. I’ll hold the train.”

But for Dannii — who split with Kris in April last year — finding a new man isn’t a priority.

With her two shows to juggle, being a mum and with various dramas of her life now firmly behind her, this is Dannii’s time — and she is embracing every minute.

She said: “This is the happiest time in my life. I even did the roulettes with Ronan the other day and put all my money on number nine, and guess which number came up?

“I think 2013 is a lucky year for me, for sure.”

BRITAIN & Ireland’s Next Top Model starts on Sky Living HD on Thursday, June 20 at 8pm.

Dannii has no plans to make up any time soon with her old foe Sharon Osbourne.

The pair were at each others’ throats while both were judges on the UK X Factor back in 2007. Sharon quit after that series.

Sharon, pictured arriving at X Factor auditions yesterday, is back this year, on the judging panel with Gary Barlow, Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh.

Dannii, who fell out with Louis too until they later made up, said: “I’m sure Louis will have fun with Sharon back on the panel.

“I don’t hate her and I do wish her all the best. But if I saw her, I’d walk the other way.

“I have no desire to be in a room with that woman ever, ever again.

“Was Sharon a good signing? I’m not getting into that. That’s for the audience to decide. The ratings will tell.”

Dannii insisted the Aussie version of the show is “the best” and she joked: “World domination, here I come.”

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X Factor Auditions London Excel

X Factor hopefuls went bananas on 6th of April 2013 – as close to 8,000 queued in a bid to be the next singing star.

Auditionees arrived from 5am to secure a spot in front of producers at London’s ExCeL.

Host Dermot O’Leary said he is as enthusiastic as ever about the show – now in its 10th series – and reckons it is down to the new people he meets each year.

He said: “It’s like the third round of the FA cup or the first game of the season. You’ve got a real sense of excitement.

“You meet people in all walks of life. There’s nothing as queer as folk and you never know who you’re going to meet.”

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Deal Or No Deal Banker Leaves Hotel With X Factors Marina Berry

TV’s Deal Or No Deal banker sparked a riddle last night - after leaving a hotel with a former X Factor beauty.

Married dad Glenn Hugill, 43, and Marina Berry, 28, also left their cars by a cottage - amid claims they share it during filming.

On Tuesday morning they were both seen with luggage outside a Bristol hotel. They put it in their separate motors and drove to the show’s nearby studios, where she is a production assistant.

They had arrived at the hotel the night before.

On Tuesday and Wednesday night The Sun saw their vehicles outside a cosy cottage in Flax Bourton, Somerset. A source on the Channel 4 quiz claimed the millionaire dad of two and Marina - on X Factor in 2009 with girl group Miss Fitz - were often there.

Saucy tweets have deepened the mystery.

OfficialBanker, verified by Twitter as the show’s authentic account, wrote last year: “Happy Valentine’s Day honey x.” User Marina_Berry, an account with Marina’s photos and a link to an online profile of her, replied: “Happy Valentines to you too, sexy beast.”

And in April she tweeted: “I love you, you beast. You’re like a wolf but sexier and with a deeper growl X.”

Glenn - who lives with wife Emma, 36, in Kingston, Surrey - found fame in the 1990s as Corrie cop Alan McKenna, boyfriend of hairdresser Fiona, played by Angela Griffin.

The £315 Bristol hotel suite was booked in his name - and staff confirmed a man had checked in.

Yet engaged Marina insisted she made the booking, stayed alone and Glenn arrived only the next day. She added: “I absolutely deny we’re anything but good friends.”

Glenn scotched suggestions of a romance as “absurd”. He said he paid the hotel bill “as a favour to a friend and carried some things for her, then we drove to the studio”.

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Spruce Bruce Looking For Love After Losing 4st

Jamie Bruce is a shadow of his former self since he went on The Voice – but in a good way.

The singing bouncer has lost four stone in seven weeks and is looking for love.

Jamie, in Sir Tom Jones’ group on the BBC show, piled on the pounds and ballooned to 24st after feeling like a loser when he was rejected from ITV’s The X Factor in 2011.

But now he is battling the flab, has spruced himself up and puts his new image - and success - down to the support he has had on The Voice.

Comparing that with his experience on The X Factor, he said: “I have been treated better by the BBC. It has changed my mental state and my insecurities. It’s been very positive.

“I came out of The X Factor feeling low and questioning if I should carry on.

“The first thing I did when I got kicked out was get a McDonald’s. I ate and drank a lot for the next four months to try and forget about feeling like a failure.

“It felt like the whole experience had been a big waste of two months of my life.

“But the difference with The Voice is that you have a vocal coach there who gives you constructive criticism even if they don’t put you through.

“So people don’t go away feeling they haven’t succeeded.”

Jamie, of Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, now wants to lose another three stone before The Voice live shows start on June 8.

He says: “With the frame of mind I’m now in, it has been so easy to cut out bad things. I was a man who used to eat a loaf of bread a day - but I have cut carbohydrates out of my life.

“I used to eat all the wrong things at all the wrong times and I didn’t do enough exercise. I was eating 3,500 to 4,000 calories a day. But now my aim is to get down to 17st.”

Jamie, who says he has been “100 per cent single” for the past two years, is also hopeful his new confidence will help him find Miss Right.

He says: “I seem to be getting a lot more looks in the street. I am definitely ready for love now.”

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Simon Cowell No Pants

Music mogul Simon Cowell often goes commando, pal Amanda Holden has revealed.

The Britain’s Got Talent judge said: “During the auditions we discovered that Simon doesn’t wear pants.

“I can’t reveal how we discovered this.”

Amanda, 42, added: “Maybe because he has such a busy life he doesn’t have time to put them on or take them off. Perhaps he should get someone to do that for him.”

She said that she feels safe dishing the dirt on paymaster Simon, 53, because “I think I understand Simon. I know an awful lot about him. I know where the bodies are buried”.

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Tulisa To Be Quizzed By Police Over Cocaine Deal

Tulisa faces arrest within days after The Sun exposed her setting up a cocaine deal, police said yesterday.

The former X Factor judge, 24, will be quizzed by cops after fixing the £800 handover with a drug dealer pal.

The shamed singer faced a barrage of criticism yesterday after our story was published.

Among those to mock the former N-Dubz frontwoman was hip-hop star Lethal Bizzle, who tweeted: “LOL #Tulisa.”

Tulisa Contostavlos was secretly taped speaking to The Sun's reporters

He joined others in re-posting a picture of a cola bottle, with the slogan: “Share a coke with Tulisa” which the singer had posted to her page days before.

In among thousands more online comments, she was branded a “chav and a bad role model”.

Nat Edgar posted: “That Tulisa chick is a very silly girl! She’s both lucky n blessed to do what she loves then messes it up with her latest antics!”

Tulisa is to be quizzed by Scotland Yard detectives after we reported how she fixed a £800 handover with a drug-dealer pal.

Cocky Tulisa, who previously claimed she is a role model for young fans, arranged for her pal Mike GLC to supply half an ounce of Class A drug cocaine to our undercover reporter.

She boasted: “Half my phone book sells it. Of course I can get it for you.”

Officers from the Major Crimes Unit were yesterday examining The Sun’s dossier of evidence on Tulisa’s drug contacts and will arrest her and part-time rapper GLC “within days”, a source said.

Meanwhile the singer - normally a prolific tweeter on @officialtulisa - went to ground and spent the day hidden inside her £6million Hertfordshire mansion.

Her £100,000 Audi R8 sports car stood outside as Tulisa and her team had at least six boxes of pizza delivered to the property. Tulisa’s cousin and N-Dubz band-mate Dappy arrived mid-afternoon, hiding in the back of a red VW.

Soon afterwards police visited Tulisa’s home to briefly speak to her PA Gareth Varey and a female friend.

Tulisa - who made £1million from her X Factor stint - was taped telling undercover Sun reporters at London’s posh Nobu restaurant: “Half the guys I know are drug dealers. One’s a massive cocaine dealer. He’s my best friend.”

She asked: “Do you want weed? I’m going to speak to this guy. Whatever you want he’s got it.”

When we double-checked if drugs other than cannabis were available, she replied: “Anything - cocaine.”

She said she did not take cocaine herself but confirmed that she did arrange supplies for pals.

A top TV executive said Tulisa, axed from The X Factor two weeks ago, will struggle to ride out her drugs shame - saying: “It’s going to be very difficult for her now.”

Tulisa bounced back last year after a video was published online showing her performing a sex act. She launched a legal fight against ex-lover MC Ultra, who later apologised.

Yesterday a Yard spokesman said: “We have received information concerning the alleged supply of illegal drugs. We are considering the information received.”

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X Factor USA New Panel

X Factor Judge ... Simon Cowell The XX Factor! Simon Cowell is a ladies man on the new USA panelMogul will be only male judge as Paulina Rubio, Demi Lovato and Kelly Rowland join showPublished: 21stMay 2013 SIMON COWELL has created his very own version of Charlie’s Angels with the new panel of the US X Factor – and he will be the ONLY man.

Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Rowland will swap the UK show, which she appeared on for one series in 2011, for the American version and sit with singer Demi Lovato and Mexican star Paulina Rubio.

They will join Cowell for the start of auditions in Charleston, South Carolina, today.

Rowland and Rubio replace Britney Spears and LA Reid on the new-look panel, in a bid to raise ratings.

It is the first time Cowell will be the only man on one of his TV talent panels – and insiders say he cannot wait.

Girls run the world ... Paulina Rubio, Demi Lovato and Kelly Rowland sign up for X Factor USA

A source said: “He is hoping the new panel will be a lot of fun. He will either play the three women off against each other or they will all gang up on him. Either way, expect fireworks.”

The original Charlie’s Angels was a US crime drama featuring Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith. It was made into a movie starring Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore in 2000.

Cowell jets back to London this weekend ready for the start of the Britain’s Got Talent live shows on Monday.

He is also expected to confirm the final line-up for the UK X Factor panel this week.

Louis Walsh has already signed up, Sharon Osbourne has agreed a deal and Gary Barlow and Nicole Scherzinger are both expected to sign on the dotted line in the next few days.

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Simon Cowell Snubbed By Bafta

Simon Cowell has been snubbed by Bafta - with neither Britain’s Got Talent nor X Factor nominated for TV awards.

They were left out of the reality and constructed factual category ahead of the May 12 ceremony.

Downton Abbey was another major omission after it missed out in the drama series section.

Ant and Dec were nominated for two gongs and Sky epic Game of Thrones is in the running for best international show.

Cowell, 53, was said to be relaxed about the snub. An insider said: “BGT was particularly strong last year.”

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The Voice Hopeful Lemuel Knights Slams X Factor Contestants

The Voice contestant Lemuel Knights has slammed X Factor for backing hopefuls who try to win with sob stories.

The singer - kicked off the ITV1 show in 2011 after initially impressing judge Gary Barlow - said he didn’t want to get votes by telling tales of woe.

Insisting this was his last shot at the big time on a reality show, he said he chose the BBC1 show as it’s not about personality or image.

The teen - who sang his own take on Jessie J’s single Do It Like A Dude on last night’s show - said: “The X Factor want an artist where vocals are not necessarily the best thing.

“But with The Voice it is just about how you sound, nothing to do with if you have got learning difficulties, or if your dog’s friend’s grandma’s passed.”

Lemuel - whose dad died from a heart attack when the singer was just eight - hopes to make his mother proud.

He said: “I am very close to my mum. In all I do, Dad is always around.

“If it is for anyone, it is for my mum.”

Lemuel’s performance left coaches Jessie J and Danny O’Donoghue fighting over him.

But in a bid to win Lemuel over, Jessie dueted with him - and her tactics worked.

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