British tabloid The Sun has an exclusive story.
According to The Sun, ITV’s bosses are already planning season 11 of X Factor UK and their first goal is the right judging panel. Guess who they want? Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole, Dannii Minogue and Louis Walsh. Yep, the best judging panel line-up I’ve ever seen. X Factor UK S5-7 (2008-2010).
Gary Barlow confirmed his departure from X Factor UK after season 10 and Sharon Osbourne‘s return was always a one-season-only event. In recent weeks several sources claimed that Nicole Sherzinger also wants to leave because doing The X Factor is a full time job for her and she wants to focus on her music career and personal life.
Simon Cowell is apparently being forced out of X Factor USA due to budget cuts. Basically, if X Factor USA gets season 4, it will be without Simon Cowell.
The Sun’s website is “subscription only”, so I’m going to use articles from other websites about The Sun’s story.
Via TellyMix:
A source told the newspaper today: “The feeling is that 2010 was the show’s peak because it was the best possible judging line-up — and imagine the tension on that panel now.
“Simon knows pairing him with Dannii and Cheryl, while keeping his old mate Louis Walsh to spar with, is a blockbuster combination.”
They added: “Dannii and Cheryl both have a lot of reasons to be furious with him, for personal and professional reasons.
“But Simon’s a businessman. He knows it will make great viewing.”
Bookies have already installed Cheryl as a favourite to return to the series.
Louis Walsh also said that he wants to leave X Factor after season 10 and focus on his day-time job, but it appears that he recently had a change of heart. If Simon, Cheryl and Dannii really come back, I think it’s safe to say that Louis won’t miss the reunion.
