LOS ANGELES: Simon Cowell’s US X Factor will apparently undergo “major” changes when it returns.The singing competition failed to set the ratings on fire across the pond last season - despite a panel which included pop princesses Britney Spears and Demi Lovato - and it seems show ...

NEW YORK - NB - Sharon Osbourne is to return to The X Factor as a judge for the new series in 2013.Osbourne, who last appeared on the show in 2007, will join Gary Barlow, Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh. Dermot O’Leary will continue as a presenter for the ITV show.Speaking of her return ...

LOS ANGELES: Tulisa Contostavlos has confirmed she will not be a judge on the next series of The X Factor. On her official Twitter account she said: “Just wanted to let you all know that I won’t be part of The X Factor panel this year. I’ve had a great time on the show, but this ...

LOS ANGELES: Pop singer Kelly Rowland and Mexican singer-actress Paulina Rubio have signed onto “The X Factor” judging panel replacing Britney Spears and music mogul LA Reid, the Fox television talent competition produced by Simon Cowell said on. Rowland, who rose to fame with R&B ...

KARACHI - PPP central leader Senator Raza Rabbani, unveiling a seven-point agenda to monitor the performance of the next PML-N government, has announced that the party will play an effective and constructive role as opposition in and out of the parliament.Addressing a press conference at the ...

NEW YORK: Cheryl Cole is set for a return to ‘The X Factor’ USA. The 29-year-old star has held talks with Simon Cowell about being a judge on the talent show again two years after she fell out with the music mogul when he fired her from the programme after she made just three ...

LONDON (SS):  Khloe Kardashian has been booted off of The X Factor. The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star - who was co-host with Mario Lopez on Season 2 of the TV talent show - will not be coming back next season, though the Extra host will be back in action. “Khloé Kardashian ...

CALIFORNIA: Sharon Osbourne has reportedly negotiated a £2 million deal to return to The X Factor. The former judge, who quit the ITV show in 2007, has finalised the terms of her comeback and will sign the contract next week, The People reports. Osbourne’s salary will make her the ...

Lahore - The NA-119 Lahore is going to present a different picture from the past in the next election after advent of the PTI as a new player in the arena. Lying in the core of the provincial metropolis, the constituency truly represents the character of Old Lahore, where the inhabitants are ...

LONDON (PA)X Factor rivals Tulisa Contostavlos and Nicole Scherzinger have both landed awards at the Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women of the Year. The singers took time out from mentoring this year’s finalists to celebrate at a lavish ceremony at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. The ...

FORMER X Factor singer Ray Quinn and his West End co-star Emma Stephens have tied the knot in a beach wedding in Barbados.Dancing on Ice winner Quinn, from Liverpool, met his new bride when they appeared together in the London stage show of Grease. The 23-year-old, who was a runner-up to Leona ...

MELBOURNE  - Victoria Azarenka refuses to accept that Maria Sharapova's greater experience could be the defining factor when they meet in the Australian Open women's final on Saturday.The 22-year-old Belarusian will be playing her first major final while Sharapova will step out on Rod Laver ...

AS all eyes fall on the wealthy future of X Factor USA protégé Melanie Amaro, it's easy to forget Simon Cowell is still busy raking it in too.The Syco boss is believed to have raked in a whopping £28million over the last year, elevating the mega rich star further up the ranks of ...

X Factor finalist Amelia Lily fell at the final hurdle in the competition tonight as she was booted out of the show in third place. Mentored by Kelly Rowland, Amelia got the lowest number of votes from the public following two performances in front of 10,000 people at Wembley Arena, in north ...

Adele has agreed to perform on the X Factor final next month, sources have claimed. The 'Set Fire To The Rain singer is tipped to give her first performance since undergoing vocal chord microsurgery at the ITV contests December 11 conclusion. Adele is believed to have agreed to the slot earlier in ...

BRAVE X Factor star Amelia Lily has revealed she could go blind due to a lifelong battle with severe diabetes. The plucky 17-year-old is now one of the favourites to win the singing contest after returning to the reality show in last weeks major twist. But what fans dont know is that each time ...

THE X Factor returned with a bang Saturday night as an average of 11.3m tuned in, the latest overnight data reveals. Introducing new judges Gary Barlow, Tulisa Constostavlos and Kelly Rowland, the eighth series of the talent show launched with 10.8m (45.7%), as well as a further 504k on ITV1 ...

DANNII Minogue has quit the popular ITV talent show, X Factor, days before the new series was due to launch. The 39-year-old posted a link through Twitter to the website mydaily.co.uk - of which she is a contributing editor - confirming the news. The Australian was quoted as saying: 'I am so ...

IT was victory for Dannii Minogue and her final act Matt Cardle while Cheryl Coles contender Rebecca Ferguson missed out, coming in at second place The X Factor contestants have kept us hooked for 10 weeks with their diverse performances and wow-worthy outfits on the live shows, but things finally ...

SINGER Cheryl Cole has bagged a 3-million-pound contract to be a judge on the American version of the X Factor. The execs love her good looks and the way she wears her heart on her sleeve, the Sun quoted an American source as saying. The 27-year-old has discovered that shes landed a place on the ...

PUNE (India) No ball controversy will haunt Sri Lankas right-arm off-spinner Suraj Randiv for rest of his life. Trevor Chappell and Randiv did not break any formal rules of cricket. However, they and others who influenced their behaviour - will be remembered for breaching the Spirit of Cricket. ...

SIMON Cowell is secretly lining up ex-Spice Girl Mel B to replace Dannii Minogue on the X Factor next year, it was claimed on Friday night. The feisty star, real name Melanie Brown, 34, is reportedly in talks with bosses of the ITV show after current judge Dannii Minogue hinted she may quit the ...

DANNII MINOGUE has revealed that she feels addicted to The X Factor after two years of appearing on the hit talent show. The Australian singer joined the ITV1 programme for the 2007 series, which saw her mentoring the top two acts, Leon Jackson and Rhydian Roberts. Last year, she returned to her ...

WHEN it comes to weight loss, what you drink may be more important than what you eat, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Researchers examined the relationship between beverage consumption among adults and weight change and found that weight loss was ...

CHERYL Cole has threatened to quit 'The X Factor' if fellow talent judge Dannii Minogue is axed. The Girls Aloud star is reportedly refusing to sign her contract for the 2009 series of the talent search show until programme boss Simon Cowell reassures her Dannii will not be replaced as a judge on ...

YOU are what you watch, when it comes to violence in the media and its influence on violent behaviour in young people, and a new paper, lead-authored by Rutgers University, Newark, researcher Paul Boxer, provides new evidence that violent media does indeed impact adolescent behaviour. The research ...

A team of international researchers - including scientists from the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and McGill University - have discovered that having high levels of particular protein puts patients at increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease. The results of the study were so ...

Russian navy veterans and experts say that overcrowding and human error likely contributed to the accident on a brand-new nuclear submarine that killed 20. The Akula-class attack sub had 208 people on board on Saturday _ nearly three times its normal crew size of 73 _ when the fire-extinguishing ...

BEIJING (AFP) - Usain Bolt said Saturday that the enjoyment factor and his laid-back demeanour were key to his stunning treble gold medal-winning performance at the Beijing Olympics. The 22-year-old Jamaican set an unprecedented three world records in claiming gold in the 100m, 200m and ...

BRUSSELS (AFP) - Europeans are increasingly worried by rising inflation and the risk of an economic crisis, with expectations over national economies and employment at record lows, an official poll showed Tuesday. The gloomy outlook was contained in the European Commission's Eurobarometer poll ...