Simon Quits American Idol...for X Factor!

Simon Cowell is leaving American Idol to start The X Factor in the US.

The music industry mogul will leave when his contract runs out, the end of the new season 9 which started this week.

It's been the most popular television show in America for the past five years and according to reports, even though Simon was offered "alot more money" to stay on at American Idol, he will actually make more with his own show, X Factor.

 Simon set to make even more money with US X Factor

Unlike American Idol, owned by media company CKX,  Simon owns the rights to the X Factor format and will be the executive producer of the US version.

So who will take Simon's place as American Idol judge? Peter Rice, chairman of entertainment channel that broadcasts American Idol, Fox, refused to discuss a possible replacement. He said, "We have to take our time on that and make sure the chemistry of the judges is as good as it can be."

So who will Simon pick as a judge on the US version of X Factor? Rumours have been circulating that anyone from Cheryl Cole, Paula Abdul, Mel B and Kelly Rowland have been suggested.  Nothing has been confirmed, yet, but he did rule out Posh Spice who briefly joined the judging panel on American Idol last year.

Poor Victoria, doesn't look she'll be adding the role of "judge" to her ever expanding portfolio. She has been heavily criticised by several journalists for her looking "gaunt", being a "failure" and her "off-putting appearance".

Oh dear...you can't knock a girl for trying! Was she really that bad? Let me know what you think!

Celebrity Big Brother 2010

Celebrity Big Brother starts Sunday 3rd 2010 on Ch4

As 2009 comes to an end, something magical begins...Celebrity Big Brother!!!!

I gave up on the regular Big Brother YEARS ago, as the so-called "normal" housemates selected were nothing more than attention-seeking, desperate, weirdos.  Unlike the Celebrity version, whereby viewers see celebrities fight, bicker and bear the brunt of Big Brother's mean tricks and terrible un-diva like conditions of the house.  THIS is reality television at its BEST!

It's only three weeks compared to the normal 3months that "normal" people have to endure in the Big Brother house, but its amazing to see how much can occur in a mere 3weeks.

Who could forget "Shilpa -Gate/Race row" between previous Big Bro housemate Jade Goody, Page 3 Daniella Lloyd, Jo from S Club 7 and Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty.  Or shamed Michael Barrymore's meltdown and who could EVER forget Pete Burn's sharp tongue and those LIPS!?!?!?

So what derelicts celebrities have been punished selected to appear in this years Celeb Big Bro??? Scroll below to see!

 Pamela Anderson

Hollywood Madam Heidi Fleiss

Shamed Footie Legend Gazza

Former Footie Player turned Actor Vinnie Jones

"Rapper" Lady Sovereign

 

 Former "Another Level" boyband member Dane Bowers 

Alex Reid - Jordan's on/off again boyfriend

I literally can not WAIT until this new series begins..BRING IT ON!!!!

Rumble in the Jungle! Katy's Back on I'm A Celebrity..

Katy Price returned to I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here on Tuesday night, much to the annoyance of her fellow campers.

Since the line up had been announced and rumours of Katy going back into the jungle emerged, it wasn't the biggest surprise when Katy walked into the camp...

Katy Arriving in Australia where show is filmed 

...But I was gobsmacked! Even though Katy was rumoured to have been paid £400,000 (isn't it a recession?!) I really didn't think she would go back to the reality tv show that made her the milliionaire that she is today.

When asked by some of the contestants (goodness knows who, I can't remember any of those Z-listers..) why she decided to return to the show Kate said she needed "closure" from her marriage breakdown and media backlash she had suffered.

Katie & Peter when the first appeared on the show 

Fair enough I say. Everyone from people on my facebook, forums, blogs, journalists and other celebrities in the media have slated her, criticising her decision to appear on the reality tv show. 

What shocks me the most is how fickle people are.   We've seen it before time and time again, the public's opinion on celebrities change. 

Michael Jackson and Jade Goody are just two examples. Countlessly criticised and ridiculed by the press until their deaths earlier this year. Then it was time to mourn Jade labelled by newspapers and critics, "The Nation's Sweetheart" or MJ "The King of Pop".  Where were these compliments and praises when these two celebrities were alive? I'm sure they would have NOT like to be remembered as "Piggy", "Chav" or "Wacko Jacko" but those were the names they were labelled by the media...

And now it's Katie's turn.  It wasn't long ago that young girls and women all over the country hailed Katie Price as a postive role model. She was the independent business woman who had turned her glamour modelling into a multi-million pound empire.

Yet as soon as she split from her husband, "Pefect" Pete, she was vilified in the press and the witch-hunt began. What's even worse is that female journalists seem to be her harshest critics. What happened to sisterhood eh???

I'm going to end this blog with less criticism and on a high. Below is the image that dominated most newspapers the next day after she appeared on the reality tv show.  Katie sure doesn't waste time does she!? ;-)

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Katy showing off her new bikini

X-Factor Final 12!

The X-factor results are in!

Simon Cowell - Over-25s

(l-r) Danyl, Jamie, Olly and Simon 

Jamie Archer, 34, barman from Putney, SW London.

Danyl Johnson, 27, primary school teacher from Reading.

Olly Murs, 25, energy adviser from Witham, Essex.

Louis Walsh - Groups

(l-r) Miss Frank, Louis Walsh, John & Edward Grimes and Kandy Rain

 Kandy Rain: Quartet of former strippers from London. Azi Jegbefume, 25; Khatereh Dovani, 24; Chemmane Applewhaite, 27, and Victoria 'Coco' Lloyd, 22

John and Edward Grimes. Seventeen-year-old identical twins from Dublin, Ireland.

Miss Frank: Trio put together by the judges after trying out as solo acts. Shar Alexander, 25, Shanice Davis, 21, and Graziella Affinita, 25

Dannii Minogue - The Girls

(l-r) Rachel, Lucy, Danni and Stacey 

 Rachel Adedeji, 18, student from London.

Lucie Jones, 18, student from Bridgend, Wales

Stacey Solomon, 20, single mum from Dagenham, Essex

Cheryl Cole - The Boys

(l-r) Lloyd, Rikki, Cheryl and Joseph 

Joseph McElderry, 18, student from South Shields, Tyne and Wear Lloyd Daniels, 16, student from Treharris, Wales Rikki Loney, 21, singer from Glasgow, Scotland 

Kerry Katona is (finally) Getting a Divorce

Mark and Kerry in...happier times

Oh Kerry... Why did it take you so long to realise that your hubby, former cabbie turned PR agent (!) was just NOT that into you?! Kerry, who is filming another series of her MTV fly on the wall reality tv show, revealed the moment Kerry called her publicist to confirm she is ending her marriage to Mark. She said on camera: “All I can say was, you were all f****** right. I’ve just told me mum and please don’t say ‘I told you so.’ It’s the last thing I need to hear.”

Kerry on her MTV reality show

The Sun revealed earlier this week that Kerry had changed her facebook status from "married" to "single." Today Kerry, who has two children with Mark and two from her previous marriage, broke down in tears as her spokesman read a statement to the press outside her home in Wilmslow, Cheshire.

Kerry outside her home today

Since her marriage to Mark, who has been publicly criticised by Kerry's family and friends in the press, Kerry has faced bankruptcy. This will be Kerry's second divorce in five years as she separated with her first husband, Brian McFadden in 2005.