Britney Spears Is Not Returning to X Factor (REPORT)

By On 01/10/2013 · 32 Comments · In X Factor

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Britney Spears is not returning as a judge to X Factor, according to TMZ. SURPRISE! Not.

Britney Spears will NOT be a judge on “X Factor” next season — and it’s entirely her doing … TMZ has learned.

We have unimpeachable sources who tell us Britney loves the show but wants to focus on her music … which she is doing right now. Britney is in the studio recording her 8th album, with some help from Will.i.am and producer Hit-Boy, the brains behind Kanye and Jay-Z’s “N****s in Paris.”

One of our sources tells us … “Britney loves Simon, she likes Demi Lovato but her thing is music.”

We’re told after she completes the album, Britney is seriously considering going on tour again.

Walking away from $15 mil …Yeah, she’s that rich.

THR reports that Britney will not be offered an extension to her one year contract.  And Yahoo reports that discussions about next season’s judges began over the holiday (Simon is in Barbados) and Britney never figured into next season’s plans. Reportedly, Simon already has an idea of who he’d like to replace Brit.

When FOX honcho, Kevin Reilly, told the executive panel at TCA on Tuesday that Britney did a great job on the panel that he would welcome her back, I figured his remarks were about allowing Britney to quit rather than be fired. And wouldn’t you know–two days later news leaks that she’s leaving…

She brought zero personality or insight to the judges’ table. All she had was her fame, which didn’t help the ratings at all. I thought it was depressing watching her flat affect, likely an effect of the drugs she takes to treat her bipolar disorder.  If Simon hired her, hoping she’d have a meltdown, well shame on him.

Maybe the Britney Spears fiasco is an object lesson–that big ratings don’t necessarily result from plunking a big name on a judges’ panel.  Paying a huge salary for celebrity notoriety results in no payback, unless the celeb brings charisma and chemistry to the table.

 

Now, let the replacement judge rumors begin!

Read more at TMZ

 
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  • iluvai

    aww.. I liked her a lot on the show.  Best of luck going forward Britney.

  • http://twitter.com/HighTensions Jake Williams

    Glad she left. Keep Demi because she was great!

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/XDQP2Y46M5B3OHOKALDDGDHQCM Leandro

    Lindsay Lohan, Octomom and Honey Boo Boo on the judging panel. I mean, if you want to make it a trainwreck, make it a REAL trainwreck, not a meh one. 

  • fuzzywuzzy

    “I thought it was depressing watching her flat affect, likely an effect of the drugs she takes to treat her bipolar disorder.  If Simon hired her, hoping she’d have a meltdown, well shame on him.”

    I’m sure that Britney’s demeanor was because of meds for her disorder, and I don’t think that being an X-Factor mentor was a good fit for her in her current condition. I think that Simon hired her mainly hoping that a lot of her 23+ million twitter followers would tune into the show, but I think that he also would have loved to see her show some extreme emotional behavior. Simon only cares about making money and doesn’t give a crap about people.

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  • fuzzywuzzy

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  • fuzzywuzzy

    “The show even aired on our TV (dubbed, on weekends) so my mum saw parts of it & said it was horrible, overblown, loud and stupid. I think she summed it up.”

    Yeah, that about summed it up. lol I couldn’t take the X-Factor seriously at all, what with the inappropriate song choices and OTT, often laughable staging for the contestants and the disingenuous comments by the mentors to advance their team vs. others, and the fact that the mentors override the public votes every episode, not to mention, molding the image of their contestants in the wrong direction. It’s a joke of a show and can only be “enjoyed” (and often not) if viewed with that POV.

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