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Paula Abdul – Ambush Audition on Dancing with the Stars
American Idol 9 - Rickey.org — Did Paula Abdul just do an ambush audition on Dancing with the Stars tonight? It sure looked like it to me. Paula Abdul was on Dancing with the Stars in the audience, and when host Tom Bergeron interviewed her, she starts giving her “critique” the way she does on American Idol. I think when she invoked the name of Simon when talking to Len Goodman, she was showing everybody “Look, I can take on another British guy.” And true to form, her comments did not make sense (just like it was when she was a judge on American Idol). Why was ...

Simon Cowell Pitches X-Factor in U.S. with FOX
Bitten and Bound — Television mogul Simon Cowell is reportedly in talks with FOX to bring his popular British singing show X-Factor to the U.S. as a summer series.  He wants to be the executive producer of the stateside version for a cool $50 million, the same pay scale he is pulling in for his on-camera role with American Idol. The question of whether America will accept another singing show is what the network has to decide.  Idol started out as a summer replacement show and took off like a rocket.  Placing X-Factor in that same slot might prove to be a savvy ...