X Factor L.A. Reid Reportedly Signed for Season 2, Mariah Carey Being Considered

By On 02/04/2012 · 50 Comments · In X Factor

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A source tells the Hollywood Reporter that L.A. Reid signed his contract for season 2 of X Factor  yesterday (Feb 3). Earlier in the week, news broke that Steve Jones, Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger would not be returning.

Oh yay.  L.A.’s attempts at Simon Cowell like  meanness were lame and transparent and revealed he had little knowledge of music outside of R&B and Hip-Hop. I don’t see the point of having two record executives on the panel.  If Simon is going to keep L.A., he should remove himself from the panel. He’s not nearly as entertaining as he was when he was lobbing bon mots at contestants during Idol’s early years. Now, he’s about bolstering the contestants on his own team at the expense of the other judges. Ugh at having to endure more stupid fake sparing between Simon and L.A.

In the meantime, THR’s source says the Beyonce offer of 100m dollars is just a rumor, but that Mariah Carey “is indeed being considered as show producers look towards strengthening their female and Midwest appeal.”

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_I3NQHPT3NA6VGKK22RCMTGOCII Tiffany

    I dont like LA Reid or Mariah Carey or the show lol.  I enjoyed Paula and think she earned a spot for next season.  Simon only hears what he wants to hear apparently because so far, he’s not fixing whats really broke.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1782452271 Eric Ascher

    Re Mariah, I heard she is about as loopy as Paula? I hope not…

  • Anonymous

    Didn’t Nick Cannon just get quoted as saying his wife is too important/successful to want to be a judge? 

    I think they should stick to label execs — at least that way we won’t have to worry about seeing the judges perform

  • Tess

    I think Mariah is as interesting as a tree growing and about as relative to today’s pop scene.  I’ll give her talent but take away on charisma, character, and relatability.  Haven’t seen any quick-wittedness (is this a word), or the ability to entice anyone with her conversations….but then I find her boring so I haven’t listened to her much.

    If Simon wants to spend his millions on someone who hasn’t been popular, even as a singer, for several years he is just continuing his trend of not having any understanding of pop culture, at all.  And as far as LA…well, other than he looks like Randy his is totally non-impressive in my book…kinda like Simon, himself.

  • Anonymous

    Simon and LA are set.  Maybe an all executive panel would work.  Two more successful people from behind the scenes.  One could be a country exec to cover that demographic.   

  • Anonymous

    Four record executives would make sense, if the show was really about finding the next superstar recording artist, but it isn’t.  The show is about ratings, and producing an entertaining television show, so they are going to cast people based on their personalities, and with Simon, whether or not people know their name.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ACMLXLYSSX73RNYQOUZWSO2I4U Enough already!

    Read this am that Simon doesn’t think Mariah is hot enough right now, and he wants Beyonce @1mil for the year.   Maybe Simon is the one who has cooled off!

  • Anonymous

    Don’t forget how poorly he treated Cheryl Cole.  Simon will happily throw anyone under the bus to advance his own agenda.

  • fuzzywuzzy

    Beyonce for only $1 million?  lol  What happened to $100 million?

  • http://twitter.com/tinawinabina Tinawina

    Simon thinks Mariah is not hot enough for… XFactor???

    Right. That means she said no. LOL

  • fuzzywuzzy

    LA Reid, he literally said on air, “singing doesn’t matter any more in
    the music business.” In reference to a bad vocal by Chris Rene.

    I know, that sucked.  Unfortunately, however, LA is right insofar as commercial success.

  • Chris

    B is not going to work for $1M. If that’s his budget, he needs to go back to the drawing board. I would guess $20m minimum for that much of a time commitment.

  • shell29

    I have to disagree with MJ and others re: L.A. Reid.  Simon would have been crazy to let him go and I’m glad he’s returning for season two.  I could care less whether or not he knows a Demi Lovato tune-his track record as a label exec speaks for itself.  It remains to be seen how his “boys” (Chris, Astro and Marcus) will fare in the marketplace but I wouldn’t bet against him.

    Double UGH. LA Reid, he literally said on air, “singing doesn’t matter any more in the music business.”

    Judging from the current state of pop music, was he really wrong to make that statement?  Sadly, I don’t think so.  X Factor never has been (and probably never will be) just a “singing competition”.  I can’t be mad at L.A. for telling the truth, but that’s just me. 

    ETA: I wonder what Simon’s “Plan B” will be if he can’t get Mariah or Beyonce? He better have a backup plan IMO.

  • Anonymous

    Well I’m female and smack dab in the center of the country….so I guess I’m as midwest as they get.  If Carey comes on this show, I refuse to watch.
    PERIOD.

    Can’t stand her.  C.A.N.’ T.

    I hope Simon (for once) really understands what the midwest / female population likes and doesn’t like.

    Very sad here in Kansas………………  I had high hopes things would turn around for this show second season, but it looks like things are taking a nose dive if they are considering her.

  • http://twitter.com/KariannHart Kariann Hart

    I’d rather see Simon get behind the scenes than up there on the judging panel.

  • Anonymous

    I’m okay with LA Reid staying, in fact, I’m glad.  I like him.  But I like Simon lol…

  • Anonymous

    I like both of them too especially LA. He picked contestans he was going to sign after the show as his finalists and indeed signed them. He apparently signed Chris Rene the day after the finale, lol! I think one or two of these three guys are the hope for XFACTORUSA season 1, lol! They all made good TV too! Chris Rene the “bad-boy-turned-good”, Astro the “arrogant” kid and Marcus Canty, “the cat with nine lives”. OMG!

  • fuzzywuzzy

    So far, of the non-winners, Chris, Astro and Marcus have been signed.  What’s happening with Josh Krajcik?  Has he been signed?

  • Anonymous

    I was wondering about Josh, too.  I don’t think he is at all commercial though. Totally and AC or AAC kind of singer. 

  • http://twitter.com/bignliddle BigNLiddle

    He told me on twitter “working everyday w/ good people to help me get some stuff up on the web for you guys”, but he really wouldn’t say anything more than that.

  • Anonymous

    Josh has tweeted a couple of weeks back that he’s writting with Andrew Frampton and Steve Kipner. Since we’ve not heard anything and he’s writing with Frampton who is head of PHONOGENIC RECORDS also under SONY, he’s probably being signed by them. Why do they take so long in announcing the deals? uggh! It just makes us fans anxious lol!

  • Anonymous

    Why does he say get stuff on the web for you guys? I don’t get it. Does that mean he’s not been signed?

  • Mateja Praznik

    Josh will get some sort of a record deal from Sony – he did come in 2nd on XF. Chris is releasing his debut single now because they didn’t need much time to record it and make it ready. Melanie covered “Respect” for her Pepsi commercial, but it’s not her real single. I’m sure Savan Kotecha, Claude Kelly and Epic work extra hard on new material.

  • fuzzywuzzy

    Thanks for the responses about Josh, everyone.  I’m also wondering why Josh is saying that he’ll be getting some music “up on the web”.  If he’s been signed, why wouldn’t he be releasing music the usual way and why hasn’t there been an announcement?  Also, what kind of genre is “pure #beast”?  Does anyone have a clue?  lol

  • http://twitter.com/bignliddle BigNLiddle

    LOL Yeah, #beast wasn’t the kind of answer I was looking for. I even named a few that he could’ve fallen under…just to help the man out…but nuffin! ;) I hope he does well and picks the correct genre. I really liked his sound.

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