Simon Cowell has yet to say who might fill the two vacant judges' chairs on "The X Factor," but he's revealed that both Britney Spears and Janet Jackson would make good choices.
The British TV mogul called into "The Billy Bush Show," where he spoke "hypothetically" about the possibility of the two pop stars joining the show.

"I'm fascinated by [Britney.] The fact that she's one of the most talked about - not just pop stars - but people in the world today, means that you've got this star power," Simon told Billy Bush when asked about the rumors of Britney joining the show - stressing that he could neither confirm nor deny who he and the show's producers have spoken with.

"This girl has got resilience," he said of the pop princess. "I would think that if she's managed to sustain a family, a career, which is tough, ['X Factor' would be] a walk in the park."

"I would be fascinated to hear what she had to say," he explained. "She's still hot, she's still having hit records and she's still controversial, there's a reason for that."

Simon also spoke briefly about the possibility of Janet becoming a judge, saying, "Would she be a good judge? Yes."

The biting Brit explained to Billy that the upcoming season of his reality completion series would be different than the first.
"We're making a new show this year," he continued. "We have to put much more emphasis on the contestants this year."

Simon also spoke about the departure of Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger.

"The me and Paula thing was too reminiscent of what we'd seen in the past... and the network felt quite strongly that there needed to be a bigger separation," he explained, referring to their time together on "American Idol." "I understand the argument, even though I would have liked to have kept Paula."
As for Nicole's departure, Simon remained a bit cagier, telling Billy, "And with Nicole, I don't know what the exact reason was, because people liked her. They just felt that if they were going to bring somebody else in that they had some ideas for people who could work well together."

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選秀教父西蒙·考威爾（Simon Cowell）回應(yīng)布蘭妮（Britney Spears）將加盟美版《X達(dá)人秀》（The X Factor）傳聞，他本人坦承了對(duì)布蘭妮的喜愛(ài)之情，并暗示如無(wú)意外，“小甜甜”會(huì)是該節(jié)目的新評(píng)委之一。

美版《X達(dá)人秀》第一季結(jié)束后，其中兩位評(píng)委尼可·斯徹金格（Nicole Scherzinger）和寶拉·阿巴杜（Paula Abdul）相繼退出，西蒙·考威爾目前正在挑選兩人的接班人。

最近媒體披露，《X達(dá)人秀》新一季的兩個(gè)評(píng)委熱門(mén)候選人除了歌后碧昂斯（Beyonce）、“花蝴蝶”瑪麗亞·凱莉（Mariah Carey），布蘭妮也在西蒙·考威爾的考察范圍之內(nèi)。

西蒙·考威爾對(duì)此消息作出了回應(yīng)，他表示，“我為布蘭妮著迷。她是個(gè)讓人津津樂(lè)道的個(gè)歌星，同時(shí)也是一位很有影響力的明星。她度過(guò)了家庭和職業(yè)生涯最困難的時(shí)期，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)恢復(fù)到了昔日的風(fēng)采?！?/p>

西蒙·考威爾還就布蘭妮是否將加盟美版《X達(dá)人秀》作出確切回答，“布蘭妮還是當(dāng)代歌壇的當(dāng)紅歌星，以她的能力，The X Factor對(duì)她來(lái)說(shuō)，只能算是閑庭信步?！?/p>

有媒體指出，西蒙·考威爾的回應(yīng)，明顯表達(dá)了《X達(dá)人秀》對(duì)布蘭妮的青睞，也就是說(shuō)布蘭妮加盟該真人秀已無(wú)障礙，在沒(méi)有意外的情況下，雙方極有可能在近期達(dá)成合作的協(xié)議。

至此，《X達(dá)人秀》第二季還剩下一個(gè)評(píng)委空缺，西蒙·考威爾有可能在瑪麗亞·凱莉、珍妮·杰克遜（ Janet Jackson）和“黑眼豆豆”女主唱菲姬（Fergie）中三選一。 ?