I don't know that Ms Cole will flop, Americans like the regional accents of the UK, I was reading back over the history of pop (yeh,I maybe read too much)and found a group called the ANIMALS who were from the North East of England and they were huge in the USA it seems.

I hope Ms Cole is well liked there and that she stays there and never comes back.

the show sounds way too british for america's liking. none of these celebs are known in america except simon and paula. plus, there's already american idol, american public seems to getting sick of these kinda talent shows.

God i hope Cheryl fails, otherwise she will overtake Leona Lewis on the rich list D:

...yeah, coz that's important

Exactly, who cares about rich lists :joker::joker:

I think the judging panel is genius. Simon has essentially recast American Idol with what appears to be a Randy Jackson lookalike and Paula and added the most popular and most newsworthy Cheryl.

what the hell has this got to do with leona :bored:

That is a really good lineup of Judges. I cant wait to see Xfactor in the US, its gonna be awesome. Paua as a mentor is gonna be hilarious.
I wish they had picked Babyface from Laface, rather than LA reid, but he is a genious at finding talent. Hei s a bit tough though, thats why I wanted babyface. LA, was great at finding talent, but didnt take care of the artists of Laface. A few of them got bankrupt and took him to court, Like TLC, and Tony Braxton!

Anyways, Is it gonna be the same format as the UK xfactor, with the mentoring, and judges deciding between the bottom 2? I hope so, that format is the best, and most dramatic.

So, who is the host of the main show? Is is Nicole? Or is it Steve Jones?

Hi wildcat, not seen you round ina while....

I think they're co-hosts so both :D

I havent been around in a while! JUst because nothing very interesting to talk about! :)
How are you iceman? Are you Liking F1 this season? The races have been pretty exciting so far! JUst want Vettell, to have a few engine problems. :D

So OK, they are co hosts then! Thats interesting!

Yeah I been good, races have been brilliant, DRS is annoying me though, I think it makes the starts to boring haha

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No words.

Why do any of you honestly give a flying ****** what the American audience will think?

Chances are they'll take it, love it, act as if it was their idea first and rape it.;
Let them.

It'll die in the UK now and I'm glad - I'm sure alot of you are aswell.
We can finally get back to real Reality TV, not silly little talent shows that started of original but soon became a mess.

Cheryl and Paula? -hopes they hate each other-
I might watch the US version over the UK version actually. Unless we get Sharon.

As far as I'm concerned there's a double helping of X Factor now. I like the US casting and I think, if Alesha joins, the UK casting will be just fine. I still think it would be a genius move by Simon to get Alesha and I hope this is not a publicity stunt.

Sharon Osbourn is too old, too out of touch, never won when she was a judge and without Simon there wouldn't be able to be reined in. Plus Dannii wouldn't be pleased and I like Dannii.