Now it hasn’t been confirmed yet, but rumours suggest that American Idol bosses are considering airing a Simon Cowell week on the show.

The idea came about when the third live round aired on US TV on Tuesday night. Show host Ryan Seacrest referred to Simon’s constant criticism of the contestants song choices and asked the judge why he doesn’t simply pick the songs himself. “Well, I will,” Cowell responded. “We’ll have a Simon Cowell week.”

Producers are said to love the idea for a themed week and are considering letting Simon run free for a week and choose songs for all twelve finalists.

However maybe after watching this clip of Scott Bruton singing ‘Yeah Yeah’ which Simon chose on the X Factor, American Idol bosses will reconsider. Watch the judges comments after the performance, even Simon admits that he made a mistake!

She may have been booted off X Factor – Battle Of The Stars for having a throat infection, but her exit from the show certainly hasn’t harmed Ex Coronation Street star, Nikki Sanderson’s career.

In fact the show raised her profile so much that her agent is working day and night fielding enquiries and job offers that are flooding in for Nikki.

Carol Godby, Nikki’s agent said

“She was offered a recording contract six months ago and also a different one 12 months prior to that but her real passion is acting, that’s the way she really wants to go.

“I know that the office has been inundated since her appearance on the show, from press and casting agents and there may well be some more music offers there, so watch this space.”

The X Factor show has just ended with Lucy Benjamin belting out the classic hit ‘Last Dance’, deliriously happy to have been crowned the winner of the X Factor – Battle Of the Stars.

Matt Stevens narrowly missed out on winning by only a few percent, and actually looked quite upset to have lost.

I am a bit surprised by how seriously some of the celebrities took the competition. It was never a real singing competiion, due to the fact that most of them (no matter how entertaining) couldn’t actually sing.

All the celebrities have careers already established, and somehow I can’t see Matt Stevens or Paul Rankin quitting their day jobs to become a full time pop singer.

All the celebrities that is, except for the detestable Rebecca Loos and almost as horrid James Hewitt. I hope they disappear into the abyss of has-beens and never grace our television screens ever, ever, ever agin!

I think that if Chris Moyles couldn’t win then Lucy was the next best thing, and to be honest it was nice to see a woman winning for a change. Maybe it’s a sign of things to come for the next series proper!

Radio One DJ, Chris Moyles was the favourite to win the series of X factor – Battle Of The Stars. Both the judges and the public loved him, so why is he leaving the show tonight?

Chris was obviously gutted when he heard the news, he made no secret of the fact that he wanted to win. He was even reluctant to give his final performance to close the show.

Chris brought an excitement to the series that wouldhave been missing had he not taken part. Also I predict that this won’t be the last time we see Chris on our TV screens. This show could have really launched his telly career in a BIG way!

IOL reports

Magician Paul Daniels and his wife Debbie McGee launched an attack on reality television today as they spoke of their joy at appearing on the new X Factor show.

Mr Daniels, who with his wife became the first celebrity crooners to be voted off the new X Factor show last night, said he had enjoyed a “great three weeks� of preparing as it had been “laugh, laugh, laugh all the way�.

He said: “We are professional entertainers, that is what we do for a living and our job was to go in and make that studio jump and we did, it was just sensational.�

Ms McGee said they had a “great time� and the reaction they had received had been fantastic.

She said: “We are really glad we got booted off as they put it in the papers because we got so much sympathy from everybody.�

Asked whether there were other television shows he would like to take part in, Mr Daniels said he believed reality TV programmes such as Big Brother and I’m A Celebrity were the “most boring shows on television�.

He said: “Nothing happens. I am not really interested in people getting into bed with each other because I know people do that – big deal.�

He added that such shows were just “boring TV�.

“I switched on the other night and within minutes of me channel hopping I heard some guy on about his buddies and using four letter words.

“I thought, there is no fun in this, there is no entertainment in this. This is just people being disgusting. They are the bottom end of the market. Where do they find them, you know.�

He said the comedian Joe Pasquale who appeared on I’m A Celebrity was a “great entertainer� but all he had been asked to do was appear in situations such as having a box of rats running over him.

Ms McGee, said she had heard from friends who had appeared on Big Brother and I’m A Celebrity that you do not get fed very well on such shows.

Mr Daniels said one of the big surprises on appearing on the X Factor show had been how nice Simon Cowell had been.

He added that he and Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles had also got on very well.

Mr Daniels and Ms McGee had been impressed by Mr Moyles’ performance and they said they believed he could win the show.

Mr Daniels said Mr Moyles had the tremendous back-up of appearing on Radio 1. He said the other celebrities they hoped might win were ex-Coronation actress Nikki Sanderson, and England and Bath rugby player Matt Stevens.

Mr Daniels said he believed Rebecca Loos and James Hewitt could be the next to be voted off the show.

The new version of the popular ITV1 show, which began last night, will run every night until next Monday.

Tonight we finally saw the last of ‘You Are What You Eat’s’ Gillian McKeith on the X Factor – Battle Of The Stars. Gillian managed to ruin ‘The Shoop Shoop’ song and Sharon rightly pointed out that if you are what you eat, then Gillian’s performance was like Salmonella!

The bad news is that Gillian has been invited back to perform The Pussycat Dolls hit single ‘Dont ya wish your girlfriend was hot like me’ on the Battle Of The Stars finale.

The thought makes me feel distinctly nauseous.

Many celebrities wanted to be part of this first series of X Factor – Battle Of The Stars, but one that got away was Mr Ignorant himself, John McCririck.

ITV reports

“Celebrity Big Brother “legendâ€? John McCruick tried to win the odds and wow Sharon and fellow Judges Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh as he crooned a rendition of ‘You’re Just Too Good To Be True’ clad only in his now infamous big white Y Fronts.

McCruick left the audition room to bring in a mirror so he could sing to himself the words ‘you’re just to good to be true I can’t take my eyes off you.’

Sharon commented after the audition ‘I find you intriguing I like your eyes’.”

As well as singing their hearts out and trying to boost their often flailing careers, the celebrities in X Factor Battle Of The Stars are also raising money for a charity of their choice. These are the charities the celebrities are supporting.

Gillian McKeith – National Children’s Home
Lucy Benjamin – Rosie’s Rainbow Fund
Matt Stevens – Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund
Chris Moyles – The Robert Ogden Centre, St. James Hospital Leeds
Nikki Sanderson – When You Wish Upon A Star
Michelle Marsh – The Doctor Kershaw Hospice, Oldham
Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee – The Berkshire MS Therapy Centre
James Hewitt and Rebecca Loos – Save The Children
The Chefs – Action Against Hunger

To be honest I thought they weren’t too bad, Paul and Debbie certainly weren’t the worst contestants on the battle Of The Stars tonight! That prize would have to go to the old lech and young slapper (aka James Hewitt and Rebecca Loos).

But their fun performance of ‘Let Me Entertain You’ wasn’t enough to save them and tonight Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee became the first casualties of the X Factor – Battle Of The Stars series.

I felt a bit sad, as Paul looked so upset and Debbie was obviously disapponited. Even worse the result meant that some crazy people must have actually voted for Rebecca and James….are they crazy? I would be happy if these two were never seen on our TV screens again, especially the tarty one!

Rebecca Loos and James Hewitt may seem like an unlikely pairing, but the fact that they have teamed up to appear on X Factor – Battle Of The Stars should come as no shock. I think the old lech and young slapper are very well suited.

The ruined the song ‘Adiicted To Love’ with James singing completely out of tune and Rebecca prancing round the stage managing to sound good in comparison.

When the time came for the judges to speak, Sharon Osbourne certainly pulled no punches! She asked James Hewitt if he used to be in the army, when he replied that he had she said “well you should be shot for that performance!”. She then turned her venom on Rebecca Loos, who she advised to keep her knickers on tomorrow night as it might warm her voice up. When Rebecca tried to defend herself Sharon replied “You have a very bad vibe”.

Well done Sharon for telling it like it is. Get rid of this team, they can’t sing and they are a despicable pair of human beings!