August 13th, 2012 by Lisa McGarry.
After last night’s Olympic Closing Ceremony it seems that many of us were rushing to download tracks from many of the big named performers.
One Direction, Jessie J, Tinie Tempah and Queen were among the musical stars who were showcased during last night’s event, which was watched by more than a billion viewers all around the world.
Gennaro Castaldo of hmv says many of those watching headed straight to their laptops to get a copy of many of the big tunes.
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August 12th, 2012 by Lisa McGarry.
George Michael scored quite the comeback this evening.
The 49 year old singer – real name Georgios Kyriacos – took to the stage and performed at the closing ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics. The British star performed one of his best known songs ‘Freedom’ and was very well received by the captivated audience.
George revealed yesterday that he would be taking part in the event, even revealing the time of his performance, tweeting:
‘all going well I’ll be on at TEN 
goodnight now….’
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August 12th, 2012 by Lisa McGarry.
The Olympics is ending today….a fact which actually makes us much more sad than we ever would have expected to be.
We have loved watching men in tight shorts jumping off diving boards and running around tracks for the last few weeks and the only thing that brightens up the end of this sport pervathon is the promise of a world class star studded concert tonight.
The lineup for the 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony has been kept a closely guarded secret and no confirmations have been made by officials, however we think that at this point we have a fair idea of who is going to take to the stage.
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August 11th, 2012 by Anna Howell.
With the fantastic Olympic games coming to an end tomorrow, the same fabulous Team GB support circuit that welcomed the games to London last month, will be there to see it off, including grieving Gary Barlow!
Gary, who is literally the most patriotic and uplifting member of the human race at this precise moment, is joining his band mates, Take That, to perform at the closing ceremony, days after his fourth child, a little girl named Poppy, was delivered stillborn, eight and a half months into his wife, Dawn’s, pregnancy.
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May 29th, 2012 by Anna Howell.
For all of you who have been on a parallel universe for the last month, the X Factor auditions began last week!
The Unreality TV team were lucky enough to be invited along to watch some of the X Factor audition excitement when the show came down to our nation’s capital yesterday. The audience were treated to a fantastic day at the hands of the acts and the judges, including guest stand in judge, Rita Ora.
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May 25th, 2012 by Anna Howell.
Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, who is reportedly being lined up as a full-time judge on this years X Factor, has already decided who she will draft in to her Judges Houses stage, George Michael!
Halliwell, who wont become the full-time judge until the show reaches that stage with a string of guest judges lined up for the audition process, is very good friends with the legendary Wham singer, but has said that if the drug-abusing-police-flashing singer isn’t available to help out (if he is in rehab I am guessing) then she would turn to her mum to help her decide who to take to the live finals!
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March 18th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
George Michael has denied reports that he will be joining The X Factor lineup as a guest judge.
Insiders had claimed that though the Careless Whisper hitmaker had turned down a full time role on the ITV show, he had agreed to apear as a guest judge on a one off basis. It was reported that Goegre would be paid a whopping £75,000 for his efforts.
However speaking on Loose Women this afternoon, the troubled singer said he ‘would never’ acts as a judge during the ‘cruel part’ of the series. Though he admitted that he would consider acting as a mentor to the contestants.
George told Kate Thornton:
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December 17th, 2010 by Lisa McGarry.
Insiders have suggested that George Michael has been planning to reinvigorate his career, by accepting a role on Simon Cowell’s new American X Factor show.
However Extra TV reports that Terri Seymour spoke exclusively to her ex-boyfriend Simon Cowell on the issue (it was easy for her, she’s holidaying with him in Barbados as we speak!) and he wholeheartedly denied that he is considering the ‘Faith’ star for the panel.
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December 16th, 2010 by Lisa McGarry.
George Michael is reportedly willing to become a judge on the American version of ‘The X Factor’.
The ‘Faith’ hitmaker – who was jailed earlier this year for driving under the influence of drugs and possession of cannabis – is said to see Simon Cowell’s offer to mentor hopefuls on the show, as a chance to turn his life around and put his career back on track.
A source said: “George is going to take the job. It’s an amazing opportunity to get back in the limelight and reverse his recent bad spell. Simon knows that Americans love him. He is as big in the US as he is over here in the UK.
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December 19th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
X Factor winner Joe McElderry has received a dinner invitation from George Michael.
Joe first met George when the pair performed a duet on last week’s X factor final.
Michael reportedly sent a handwritten note to McElderry, inviting him, his mum, his mentor Cheryl Cole and her husband Ashley for a meal.
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