Britney Spears Officially Joins the X-Factor Crew

It is official. Britney Spears is now an X-Factor judge on the panel with Simon Cowell and L.A. Reid. After the wrapping of the first season, Simon was quick to fire judges Paula Abdul, Nicole Scherzinger, and British host Steve Jones (who was pretty horrible by the way, I mean he said Twitter like 'Tweeta').

So in the off-season, there was a controversy surrounding the second season of the show and who would fill in the place of the two previous judges. After much speculation, Miss Britney Spears will be one filling that seat and I am pretty excited to tune into the second season now. I mean who wouldn't say that Britney Spears doesn't have an X-Factor because she is a total X-Factor who is still a prominent figure in the entertainment industry. I feel that through everything she has experienced as a teen icon, to periods of trials and tribulations, and her comeback into the music scene, she has definitely been through a lot and made it out on top.

Now, rumors are still circling whether another judge would come into the mix and gossip is pointing to young idols Miley Cyrus or Demi Lovato. Honestly, I don't think those two girls have been through enough to be considered a judge for a big talent competition. But then again, they do want to make this show more interesting and cater to a bigger audience to compete against the other talent shows such as American Idol, The Voice, and America's Got Talent. Guess we'll have to see wait until the contract is signed. By the way, Britney Spears will be making BANK...who wouldn't want $15 million for a season? Cha-Chinggggg!!!



You Just Do You, Imma Do Me

Camille

NICOLE SCHERZINGER DOESN'T MAN UP ON X FACTOR

What do we know about Nicole Scherzinger? As the sultry songstress and dancer from The Pussycat Dolls right? So far in regards to music, she hasn't been in the scene as much. Her "break" consists of winning the mirrorball trophy on Dancing with the Stars and now she's a judge on X Factor. But it seems after last night, she might be saying bye bye to the show...





Here's my rant: Nicole should've been an adult and fulfilled her role as a judge AND that is to correctly judge who should still stay in the competition. There's a reason why judges get to pick who stay and who goes, because those are the rules for X Factor. But she couldn't MAN UP and choose Rachel Crowe because she didn't want to be the reason why any of them went home. So she leaves it up to America, and we all know how America tends to usually get it wrong on reality competition shows. And there we have it: Rachel Crowe, the deserving candidate leaves. Now who feels like the dumb one? Nicole of course! Because though she didn't want to send someone home, she ended up doing so, and it was the person who didn't deserve it.

Yes people say, "who cares, we'll be hearing from Rachel Crowe, no worries..." Well that's never a guarantee is it? I mean look at Tamyra Gray from Season 1 of American Idol. She had an amazing voice and wasn't even in the finals. The big star we saw in her isn't close to what she is today, no offense, but it's true. Then there's Jennifer Hudson, also an American Idol contestant who was booted off way earlier than Tamyra. If it wasn't for her breakout role on Dreamgirls, Jennifer Hudson wouldn't have reached the stardom in movies and music that she is now experiencing today.

Even though Rachel Crowe got eliminated, I also think this 13 year old was too young and not exposed enough to criticisms that one faces on a reality competition show. I have never seen someone sob and drop to the ground when they have been sent home. The scene was so heartbreaking it makes you wonder if they should raise the age limit on talent shows because maybe these kids still have some growing up to do.

Another thing I don't like about X Factor is that there are 4 judges! I mean there's a reason why there's an odd number of judges because there's no DEADLOCK. As much as it sucks to send someone home, it's going to have to be done because that's how the world goes round. After seeing the audiences' reaction to Nicole with the loud boo's and the negativity surround Nicole via Twitter, I wouldn't be surprised if X Factor makes the # of judges odd or that Nicole is fired next season. I guess we just have to stay tuned...



You Just Do You, Imma Do Me

Camille

NICOLE SCHERZINGER FT. FIDDY - RIGHT THERE

I can't believe I've heard this on the radio but have never known it was Nicole Scherzinger and 50 Cent! It seriously doesn't even sound like her. This song hasn't caught up to me yet, but anything with Nicole is hot. She'll actually perform this song next week on American Idol and you can see her hosting it's competition the X Factor which should be premiering pretty soon!!!

Right There: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-vTaktsUSw

You Just Do You, Imma Do Me

Camille

BATTLE OF THE SINGING COMPETITIONS::AMERICAN IDOL VS. THE VOICE

Of course this was inevitable, two singing competitions on different networks, both reality, yet very different...While American Idol is on it's tenth season with FOX, The Voice is on it's first season on NBC and is getting rave reviews.

Musician and judge Adam Levine was the first to throw a low blow saying, "The people that we're not turning our chairs around for could win American Idol."

The 'dawg' Randy Jackson quickly responded firing back, "It's a great thing when talent can be simple, honest and revered as opposed to spinning around with gimmicky chairs. Maybe Simon Cowell should have people opening doors. Like, 'Knock, knock; Who's singing? I can't see you!'Look, none of these other shows could exist without somebody forging the path before them. I'm happy to say that Idol did that and paved the way."

So which one do you like better? I honestly prefer American Idol over The Voice because it's a pretty simple competition that can be molded into so many different challenges. The talent on American Idol is way better than The Voice, hands down. The only thing great about that show is seeing Adam Levine and Blake Shelton.

With X Factor about to make it's American debut soon, what is the future for reality singing competitions? Randy Jackson comments, "My only fear is that with all these shows coming is that people don't tire of the format. I don't know how much singing at you the public can take." True that dawg! You can't have so many of the same kinds of shows that have the same foundation, because in actuality it's a SINGING SHOW! There seriously needs to be more ideas for reality shows out there.



You Just Do You, Imma Do Me

Camille