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Simon says: Change broken record

SIMON Cowell has ordered his fellow X Factor judges to drop a string of cheesy cliches used about contestants.
From this weekend, a host of over-used phrases from the hit ITV1 talent show will be BANNED.

Producers have been complaining about the lines used by Simon, Louis Walsh, Dannii Minogue and Cheryl Cole.

Show chiefs have been irked by contestants constantly being told how they have “been on an incredible journey”.

Other familiar lines were: “You made that song your own”, “you nailed that performance tonight” and “you are what this competition is all about”. Simon may now bring in a team of WRITERS to come up with some fresh material.

The X Factor team have been extremely sensitive since Peter Kay’s spoof Channel 4 show Britain’s Got The Pop Factor And Possibly A New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly On Ice.

A show source said: “The same old comments are being trotted out every week. They are becoming a cliche. Producers were getting worried that it looked like the judges were on easy street and that they were just repeating the same lines week after week.

“Simon was told that he should bring the rest of the judges up on it too and that it was time to freshen things up.

“He is considering introducing a team of writers to draft some appropriate material to introduce over the coming weeks.

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“Before he does that he is hoping his fellow judges will commit to bringing some more original analysis to the table.”

Kay’s spoof show and hit single as “Geraldine” clearly hit a nerve.

Simon said: “I thought the show was clever, but the record was stupid. The single is a pathetic waste of time. He is going to bring out a Christmas single? — I mean c’mon. I don’t feel threatened by him in the slightest.

“I’ve got something in mind for our Christmas single and I know which I would put money on.”

Source: The Sun