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X Factor UK – Auditions Week 4

09/11/2010 mj santilli 16

Check out this week’s X Factor UK performances. I also added two performances from X Factor Xtra. There were two do-overs today on X Factor. Tom Richards sang The Script’s “The Man Who Can’t Be

Simon Cowell Says He’s Going to Quit UK X Factor

09/07/2010 mj santilli 11

Simon Cowell revealed plans last night to quit X Factor to concentrate on the US version of the show, coming to FOX in fall of 2011, according to the UK paper, The Sun. “At the

X Factor UK 2010 – Watch the Week 3 Auditions

09/04/2010 mj santilli 17

This week’s X Factor UK auditions ended with a teen-aged girl punching out her friend after an especially horrific version of “That’s My Goal”. Something tells me the duo, calling themselves Ablisa, plotted the whole

Nigel Lythgoe Still Wants Elton, Blames Simon Cowell for Ellen’s Departure

08/29/2010 mj santilli 16

Last night, Nigel Lythgoe hosted the eighth annual BAFTA TV Tea Party in celebration of the 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards airing tonight on NBC. Nigel kept mum on who would be the judges next season

X Factor UK – Week 2 Auditions

08/28/2010 mj santilli 10

The second week of X Factor UK auditions aired tonight across the pond amidst controversy over Auto-Tuning. Simon Cowell has banned the use of the vocal-improving software, reportedly switching episodes around so that he could

Was Susan Boyle’s Famous Britain’s Got Talent Audition Auto-tuned? (UPDATE: Idol Says They Don’t Use Autotune)

08/26/2010 mj santilli 66

Update: American Idol producers have issued a statement regarding Auto-Tuning, “”We have never, nor would we ever, use Auto-Tuning during the American Idol competition, ” The Simon Cowell X Factor Auto-tune scandal deepens: Deadline London

Simon Cowell Bans the Use of Auto-Tune on X Factor

08/24/2010 mj santilli 26

UK’s Daily Mirror reports that Simon Cowell has banned the use of auto-tune on his singing competition show, X Factor after a furor broke this week when producers admitted to using the software to alter

X Factor UK 2010 – Show One – Shirlena Johnson WTF?

08/21/2010 mj santilli 21

The first audition show X Factor UK aired tonight on ITV, and there’s chatter on the internets following the debut are from peeps wondering if the contestants were autotuned or not. If they were,

Simon Cowell SEO Strategy? And Jimmy Iovine a Hands-On Kinda Fella

08/11/2010 mj santilli 20

Today’s hilarious report from the NY Daily News suggesting that Simon Cowell might be using SEO specialists to keep his search results positive has an interesting side story. The notions in the report certainly came

More Season 10 Rumors: Courtney Love For Judge? A Big Announcement on Monday?

07/29/2010 mj santilli 33

Now it’s getting silly. NBC 10 is reporting that Courtney Love, wife of the late Kurt Cobain and leader of the band Hole, is in the running to take Simon Cowell’s place at the American