After another lengthy period of speculation, Fox singing contest The X Factor have announced their judging line-up for season two, choosing the Fox Upfronts event in New York City (USA) to officially reveal their replacements for outgoing female judges Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul. As had long been predicted by the media, it is popstar Britney Spears who [...]

Fresh off of winning ITV1′s annual UK based talent show series Britain’s Got Talent, dancing dog act ‘Ashleigh & Pudsey’ are said to have been invited by Simon Cowell on a trip to Los Angeles (USA) in a bid to further the career of the new canine star. Having been voted as the best out [...]

Popular ITV1 singing contest The X Factor have announced the introduction of a number of features taken from last year’s debut of the American version of the franchise on Fox, as they prepare rule changes and new ‘mobile auditions’ for the ninth series in 2012. The implementation of the extra auditions will be seen as a much more [...]

The battle between The Voice UK and Britain’s Got Talent in the Saturday night ratings continued in week 3 of each show’s run, with the tables surprisingly turning in favour of the new BBC1 series after two weeks in second place. The current ‘overnight data’ claims that as has happened in the previous fortnight, The [...]

Simon Cowell’s underperforming gameshow Red or Black? has been given a second chance by ITV, with the gambling-inspired series taking on a number of tweaks ahead of its new confirmed second season, which will air later this year. Returning as presenters are Newcastle (England)-based duo Ant & Dec, while the show’s most notable alteration will see the previous [...]

The X Factor USA seems set to fill one of its two vacant judging roles with a big name as originally planned, and while they are not going to spend $100m per series on enticing Beyonce to their show, they are looking prepared to offer popstar Britney Spears $10m to appear on the upcoming second season of the Fox [...]