ABDUL JOINING COWELL’S X FACTOR?
Former AMERICAN IDOL judge PAULA ABDUL has fuelled rumours she’s to rejoi= n former colleague SIMON COWELL on the small screen - with a role on the = U.S. version of his British talent show THE X FACTOR.
Last month (Jan10), the music mogul announced plans to quit his role as= a judge on American Idol to concentrate on taking his U.K. singing conte= st Stateside - and admitted Abdul was in mind to join the judging panel.
He told the New York Post, "I’ve been talking to Paula for a long time.= It was always my intention in one way or another to carry on working wit= h her." And now Abdul is hinting the pair is set to reteam on the talent show.
She says, "I’m going back to my roots and doing a TV show that has some= thing to do with my roots. I knew that I would not be able to say certain= things. I want to be able to say everything right now, but I can’t." The X Factor is scheduled to make its U.S. debut in autumn 2011. (JMA/P=
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