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X Factor 2013: Louis Walsh wants Take That’s Gary Barlow out, Simon Cowell in & admits ‘I wasn’t a big fan of Robbie Williams’

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Louis Walsh has admitted that he would much rather have Simon Cowell on The X Factor than Gary Barlow.

The Take That star will be back for his third stint on the ITV show this year and will be seated at the opposite end of the judges’ table to Louis, who will be judging for the tenth year in a row.

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X Factor USA: First look at Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio at auditions & floods make Simon Cowell late!

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Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio made their X Factor USA debut this afternoon and boy did they dress up for the occasion.

The ladies were only confirmed for the hit Fox show less than 24 hours ago, but when tryouts kicked off in Charleston this afternoon they were bright eyed and bushy tailed and looking stunning for the cameras.

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X Factor USA fans blast Simon Cowell for choosing Paulina Rubio & Kelly Rowland as new judges

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Simon Cowell confirmed his new X Factor USA judges last night and some fans seem less than impressed.

Only five hours after the music mogul and Fox confirmed that the panel would have a Charlies Angels feel to it, with Simon being surrounded by Demi Lovato, Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio when auditions start later today, the backlash has already begun with some fans threatening to tune out before the series has even begun.

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X Factor USA: CONFIRMED Kelly Rowland & Paulina Rubio join Simon Cowell & Demi Lovato as judges

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(c) Kenneth Cappello/Corbis Outline

Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio have finally been confirmed as the two new judges on this year’s series of X Factor USA.

The smart money has been on both women for weeks, as Louis Walsh recently confirmed that Kelly Rowland was in advance negotiations with Fox bosses and his BFF but last night the news was properly confirmed.

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Louis Walsh says Kelly Rowland WILL join Simon Cowell & Demi Lovato on X Factor USA & jibes ‘Cheryl Cole isn’t doing anything else’

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Louis Walsh has claimed that Kelly Rowland will be on the list, when the X Factor USA judging lineup is revealed this week.

The Irish star is close friends with show boss Simon Cowell and even stood in for the music mogul as auditions when he was sick last year.

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Simon Cowell begs animal owners to rehearse for Britain’s Got Talent & reaches out to American Idol’s Randy Jackson & Paula Abdul

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Simon Cowell really is getting the hang of this whole Twitter thing isn’t he.

Every now and again the X Factor boss comes online and has a bit of a spree on the social networking site and this morning he used it to offer some advice for hopeful auditionees.

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Watch out David Walliams! X Factor’s Louis Walsh gets all gooey over Simon Cowell

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Louis Walsh really, really, really does love Simon Cowell.

We know that the music mogul is responsible for almost all of Walsh’s career and success in recent years but this level of gushing goes beyond professional courtesy we think you’ll agree.

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X Factor USA: Kelly Rowland IS joining Simon Cowell & Demi Lovato & Paulina Rubio a possibility?

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The X Factor USA’s first auditions are kicking off this week and Simon Cowell revealed recently that the full lineup of his judging panel will be revealed tomorrow, but 3/4 of the stars seem to be more or less known at this stage.

We know of course that Simon will be there, casting his beady eyes over the hopefuls for this third season of the Fox show and Demi Lovato has already confirmed that she will be at his side for her second run.

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Simon Cowell praises One Direction & their 3D movie and reveals X Factor 2013 judges will be confirmed on Monday!

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Simon Cowell has revealed that he will be announcing the lineup for his X Factor USA panel very, very soon.

The music mogul has been finalising his judges for a while now, after L.A. Reid and Britney Spears stepped down from the singing show earlier this year.

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Britain’s Got Talent 2013: Simon Cowell wants more fire from La Quebrada High Divers

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Le Quebrada High Divers are set to shine on tonight’s Britain’s Got Talent show.

The talented troupe, consisting of Peter, Charles, Chris, Blake, David, Hugo, Juan and Carlos, aged between 17-42, are a mix of Olympic Squad Divers, Mexican cliff divers, coaches and professional performers from all over the UK who rehearse in Blackpool.

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