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		<title>Simon Cowell Quits Judges Job</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been speculated for a while now that Simon Cowell would leave the UK X Factor in order to concentrate on the US version of the show &#8211; and now it&#8217;s official. ITV has confirmed that Simon won&#8217;t be appearing as a judge on the next series, although he would continue to be involved with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Matt Cardle: The Next Steve Brookstein?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 07:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does anyone remember Steve Brookstein, winner of the first series of the X Factor? Initially highly popular, Brookstein quickly fell out of favour in the media for being something of a misery, forever complaining about the show and the team that had brought him into the public eye in the first place. Steve Brookstein was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nicole Scherzinger: Katie Waissel should have gone</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 07:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pussy-cat doll and girlfriend of Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton Nicole Scherzinger has slammed Simon Cowell&#8217;s decision to keep Katie Waissel in the competition despite her frequent appearances in the bottom two. &#8220;I was shocked at Simon. He is normally so in tune with the public.&#8221; Scherzinger was quoted as saying in Reveal magazine. Nicole [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simon Cowell Signs 3 Year X Factor deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We know many of you were concerned over stories there might be no X Factor next year &#8211; you can all breathe a sigh of relief, because it&#8217;s been confirmed there will be! X Factor will be returning in 2011 in its usual autumn to Christmas slot, despite plans to launch X Factor USA. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diva Fever the Fourth Act to Leave the X Factor 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 19:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simon Cowell was potentially in the unenviable position of having to choose between two off his own acts tonight, with both Diva Fever and Belle Amie in the bottom three. In the event, Cheryl, Dannii and Louis all voted to send Diva Fever home, meaning Simon never got to vote. After singing I Will Survive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simon Cowell:  Paije Richardson gave the best performance on Saturday</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simon has spoken out about the performances on last Saturday&#8217;s X Factor, saying: The person I thought did best, interestingly, from watching it back, was Paije. I think we’ve really underestimated him. He’s like something out of an American sitcom, almost. He was under the radar and for whatever reason, he came alive on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Would-be Finalist Removed from X Factor with Health Problems</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[30 year old Shirlena Johnson, who would have been a finalist in this year&#8217;s X Factor, has been removed from the competition because of serious mental health problems. Shirlena stunned viewers with a unique performance of Duffy&#8217;s &#8220;Mercy&#8221; last Saturday, and subsequently made it through boot camp. Producers now have to make a decision on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judges Houses and Helpers Revealed</title>
		<link>http://xfactorblog.co.uk/2010/08/16/judges-houses-and-helpers-revealed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cheryl Cole]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, not the location of the houses the judges live in &#8211; instead where contestants are off to for the &#8220;judge&#8217;s house&#8221; section of the competition, where the live finalists are selected. SIMON Location: Los Angeles, California. Helpers: Kelly Rowland and Clive Davis CHERYL: Location: Miami, Florida. Helpers: Derek Hough and Nicole Scherzinger LOUIS: Location: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No X Factor 2011?</title>
		<link>http://xfactorblog.co.uk/2010/08/12/no-x-factor-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s speculation that there will be no X Factor next year, at least in the UK. This is because the X Factor is set to launch in the US September of next year, and Simon Cowell is anxious to ensure that he can concentrate his full attention on that. The show would instead be shifted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paolo Nutini and Kings of Leon Banned from the X Factor</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simon Cowell has apparently been laying down the law to those hoping to be X Factor finalists, drawing up a list of songs he doesn&#8217;t want to hear. The list of banned songs includes Kings of Leon&#8216;s Sex On Fire, and anything by Paolo Nutini, but inexplicably fails to include You Raise Me Up, or [...]]]></description>
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