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Demi Lovato will return to The X-Factor for season 3

ByLindsay

Demi Lovato has just announced that she will be returning to The X-Factor for the shows upcoming third season. Demi joined the hit show during season 2 along with Britney Spears, replacing former judges Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul, and apparently she was a hit. Earlier this afternoon, she released a statement expressing her excitement about returning for another season.

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Carly Rose Sonenclar’s family angry about comment LeAnn Rimes denies making

ByDarren O

LeAnn Rimes just can’t seem to stay out of the unflattering spotlight. Her recent appearance on X Factor alongside young hopeful Carly Rose Sonenclar went over like a led zeppelin and had some wondering if Rimes was under the influence on stage. Now Sonenclar’s fam is upset about a statement implying it was the young singer’s fault from Rimes which Rimes is now denying she ever made. Read LeAnn’s Twitter-denial and see the performance in question.

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Kim Kardashian’s producer ex-husband Damon Thomas is joining The X Factor along with Khloe

ByStarcasm Staff

The X Factor producers are REALLY going for the Kardashian drama now. It was recently announced that Khloe Kardashian and Mario Lopez were cast as cohosts for the live show beginning in November, and now Radar Online reports that Kim Kardashian’s ex-husband Damon Thomas, who has been brutal to Kim in the press, will also be joining the show as a mentor!

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Is Cece Frey’s leopard-print face tattoo real?

ByStarcasm Staff

Cece Frey knocked Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” out of the water Tuesday night on The X Factor Season 2’s Miami Boot Camp, especially considering she followed another girl (Paige Thomas, who looks A LOT like Rihanna) singing the same song. IWALY is like kryptonite for singers: it destroys them on impact, but it was literally a breeze for Cece.

The big question, though, is whether or not her signature leopard-print face tattoo is real or something temporary.

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Inside Simon Cowell’s anti-aging regime: Botox, vitamin IV drip, colonics

ByStarcasm Staff

52-year-old Simon Cowell is a pretty successful and powerful dude (despite the fact that his American X Factor venture has so far yielded disappointing results,) and he’s also filthy rich and makes no bones about being vain. In fact, it seems he’ll try about anything to stave off the aging process (except, of course, give up his smokes.)

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VIDEO: Jillian Jensen, the X Factor contestant who made Simon Cowell cry

ByStarcasm Staff

On the first episode of the second season of The X Factor USA, Jillian Jensen brought tears to everyone’s eyes, including Simon Cowell with her heartbreaking story and heartrending performance of Jessie J “Who You Are.” At the end Demi Lovato was so moved that she walked on stage to huge and reassure her.

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VIDEO – Britney Spears reunited with ex-duet partner Don Phillip on The X Factor; it didn’t end well

ByStarcasm Staff

32-year-old Vocal Coach Don Phillip had an emotional reunion with former duet partner Britney Spears. They recorded “I Will Still Love You” about 10 years ago. Since then he says he’s been doing a lot of writing and producing. He says he’s had a “lot of maybes, I mean a ton of almosts,” saying that X Factor is his final chance.

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Britney Spears is reportedly a great X Factor judge; shows off legs at Rhode Island taping

ByStarcasm Staff

Here’s some photos of Britney Spears at a Rhode Island taping of X Factor wearing a red Hervé Lége dress (she’s a big fan of these bandage-style dresses) and showing off her legs, and $90,000 Neil Lane engagement ring from fiance Jason Trawick. Obviously, we’ve seen her engagement ring before, but why not gawk a little more?

Britney is looking really happy with her X Factor gig, and she’s supposedly doing an amazing job.

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AUDIO Britney Spears judging X Factor auditions in Austin, Texas

ByStarcasm Staff

Are you one of the millions of people wondering what Britney Spears is going to be like as a judge on The X Factor this season? Thanks to a bit of good old fashioned bootlegging from some fans in attendance at the recent auditions in Austin, Texas you can wonder a little bit less! Check out these audio recordings of Britney responding to performances in which it becomes pretty obvious pretty quick she is going to be holding nothing back!

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Report: Britney Spears wants $20M to judge on X Factor

ByDarren O

My mama taught me you should never judge, unless you can get a desperate sweater chested Simon Cowell to pay you $20 million to! Ah yes, the speculation that Brit-Brit will be slurping down Venti Mocha Frappachinos while giving her professional opinion on young singers for the American version of X Factor continue to swirl. Get the latest and find out Britney’s other option that would have her going all Celine Dion!

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Britney Spears might be an X-Factor judge! Louis Walsh says the pop star is in talks with the show

ByStarcasm Staff

Lots of big deal pop star names are being bandied about to join the judges panel on the American X-Factor (including Whitney Houston, who Simon Cowell he was considering before her death) and now it looks like there’s a serious chance that Britney Spears might do the show.

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Simon Cowell handing out pink slips galore for X Factor

ByDarren O

And we all thought Donald Trump was the king of reality firing! Simon Cowell went down to the basement of his evil lair to get out his chopping axe and dude has been swingin’! Simon “Pink Slip McGee” Cowell has handed walking papers to Nicole Scherzinger, Steve Jones and now Paula Abdul. Yep. Paula, who was personally recruited by Simon after she was previously asked to leave American Idol, got canned too. Read on for the carnage including the impersonal way Paula found out about the dismissal and the word on who might be filling their shoes.

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The 80’s called and wants fashion back from X Factor judges

ByDarren O

The 1980’s were the days man, big hair, shiny purple ruffled ensembles on those senior girls who wouldn’t give you the time of day. The smell of Aqua Net virtually emanating from their yearbook photos. Big earrings and over-sized trinket jewelry. Open shoulder tops with high waist big belt sexiness… WAIT!?! I think The X Factor judges have a hot tub time machine and stole the 80’s fashion!

Bonus: Simon Cowell in a Members Only jacket – top that!