Thursday 8 August 2013

The X Factor exploits us all

Ceri Rees may be set up for ridicule on stage, but if we complain about it, we're just giving the show more publicity What makes The X Factor compulsive viewing for so many people? Largely, it is the way that the show, ostensibly a mere talent competition, works as a pretty ruthless machine for generating controversy. It does not do this subtly, and it does not generate subtle controversies ...

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Simon Cowell named highest paid TV personality

Simon Cowell and Howard Stern are the highest-paid TV personalities in America.The 'X Factor' supremo and the 'America's Got Talent' judge each...

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Simon Cowell promises US X Factor winner $5m contract

Music mogul to award largest guaranteed prize in television history to winner of show's first season When Simon Cowell launches the American version of The X Factor on 27 March, he will bring with him the largest guaranteed prize in television history. The winner of the first season will receive an unprecedented $5m (£3m) record deal with Sony Music. "I believe that America has the best talent ...

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Simon Cowell and Howard Stern Top Forbes' List of Highest-Paid TV Personalities

Simon Cowell and Howard Stern apprently have more in common than just expressing how they truly feel about things. According to Forbes, which just released its list of the highest-paid TV...

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Simon Cowell to fork out £10 million on home for Lauren Silverman and his baby, plans to be 'close but not too close'

Simon Cowell to fork out £10 million on home for Lauren Silverman and his baby, plans to be 'close but not too close'

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Geri Halliwell glad to lose 'X Factor' job: 'I'd have f**ked it up'

Spice Girls star reveals that Mel B got her a job on Australia's Got Talent.

    


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With Louis Walsh leaving X Factor, it's time for Simon Cowell to take over again

We're still reeling from Tuesdays's news that Louis 'You Remind Me Of A Young Lenny Henry' Walsh will be leaving X Factor after the upcoming tenth series.

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He's Back! Rylan Clark Set To Make A Grand Return To The X Factor!

The Flamboyant Essex Boy Hs Reportedly Been Offered A Job Interviewing Contestants

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X Factor 2013: Rylan Clark gets spot on this year's Xtra Factor!

Rylan Clark is set to return to The X Factor this year with a presenting role on the Xtra Factor. While Rylan didn’t get the co-hosting spot alongside Caroline Flack,...

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Simon Cowell's Lover Lauren Silverman Forced to Speed up Divorce Proceedings

Lauren Silverman has reportedly held a crisis meeting with her lawyers in New York in a bid to speed up her divorce proceedings.

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Will Simon Cowell be a good dad? Well, he does have the cash

I would look to Sharon Osbourne for a facial expression of comfort but I'd have more chance of Joey Essex explaining to me what Pythagoras theorem is.

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Simon Cowell 'Gives Lauren Silverman £10m House' To Raise Baby In?

Mogul Allegedly Splashes Out On New Digs For Mum-to-be

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Simon Cowell 'to give pregnant lover Lauren Silverman a $10 million Beverly Hills mansion to raise their child nearby'

The generous music mogul will gift Lauren one of his mansions in order for the 36-year-old socialite to bring up their child in Los Angeles.

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Simon Cowell to give Lauren Silverman a mansion

Simon Cowell is reportedly giving Lauren Silverman a £10 million mansion. The 'X Factor' boss plans to offer the socialite - who is 11 weeks...

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'X Factor': Who on earth could replace Louis Walsh?

Digital Spy has seven suggestions to fill the cheeky Irishman's shoes.        

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Television: Hallelujah! I'm on Top of the Pops

Sunday morning, 9am, at the London offices of music svengali Simon Cowell, and the X Factor team was delirious. It was not just the lack of sleep, it was the fact that the public chose a good winner. Twelve million watched the final on Saturday night, an astonishing 8 million voted, and Alexandra Burke duly won. Burke, they say, has not only got the X-factor, she's got the L-factor. Cowell ...

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Wait, what?! Did Simon Cowell and Lauren Silverman affair start back in 2009?

We were as shocked as anyone when we heard the news that eternal bachelor, Simon Cowell, was having a baby. Many women have tried to tie down The Cowell but none have succeeded – except Lauren Silverman who is apparently...        

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Piers Morgan show debuts with 4.5m

Piers Morgan's new ITV1 interview show, which launched with Sharon Osbourne spilling the beans on her X Factor feud with Dannii Minogue, attracted 4.5 million viewers last night, Sunday 22 February. The ITV1 chatshow, Piers Morgan's Life Stories, pulled in an average audience share of 24% in the 10pm hour, according to unofficial overnight figures. Morgan's new show was beaten by BBC1 for its ...

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Simon Cowell still dating Lauren Silverman

Simon Cowell is still in a relationship with Lauren Silverman.The 53-year-old 'X Factor' boss is dating the newly separated New York socialite, who...

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X Factor 2013: Sharon Obsourne hits back at critics, she's on the show to win!

X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne has reportedly hit back at her critics, declaring she’s on the show to win! Sharon’s so far made a rather grand return to the ITV...

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Revenge by Sharon Osbourne | Book review

Sharon Osbourne's debut novel is hot on sex and drugs but a little skittish on psychological depth, says Julian Clary I'm not sure what the correct etiquette is for one celebrity novelist reviewing another. We must be supportive, I feel. And this is the debut novel of Sharon Osbourne, no less. You don't mess with Sharon. I don't want a turd through the post, thank you very much. I've just had ...

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X Factor winner and Duffy top the year's charts

Alexandra Burke and Duffy have rounded off an eventful 12 months by being declared the top-selling musicians of the year, it emerged yesterday. Burke, winner of The X Factor, whose cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah was the Christmas No 1, sold 888,000 copies through downloads and CDs - 311,000 of them in the last week. According to figures from the Official Charts Company, Burke also pushed ...

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Wait, what?! Did Simon Cowell and Lauren Silverman affair start back in 2009?

We were as shocked as anyone when we heard the news that eternal bachelor, Simon Cowell, was having a baby. Many women have tried to tie down The Cowell but none have succeeded – except Lauren Silverman who is apparently...        

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