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At the first taping of Season 2 of The X Factor today, new judge Britney Spears walked off the stage in the middle of the show, leaving Simon Cowell, LA Reid and Demi Lovato to dish out critics by themselves for awhile, TMZ reports. Rewind to the series premiere of X Factor last fall when Paula Abdul too walked off the stage in the middle of the taping. Coincidence? Both walkouts, an element normally designed to add drama to a show’s narrative, were triggered (or as it seemed) by an outlandish performance, a guy dropping off his trousers (Abdul) and a guy butchering one of Spears’ songs (Spears). For all the changes X Factor producers said they would make for Season 2, are they going by the same script with Spears cast in the role played by Abdul last season? Between the two new female judges, Spears is the older and better known, just was the case with Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger. For the newcomers’ sake, lets hope that a season that started the same as the last one won’t end the same, with a judging panel shakeup. As for the host position, also left vacant after Season 1, X Factor doesn’t have one (or two) in place yet and has been taping without an emcee today.
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How is it possible to butcher a Britney Spears song? How can you even call them songs?
Folks, this show is completely over-rated and Cowell hyped this slopfest to a point where he couldn’t deliver on his promise for awesome ratings, but ended up with mediocre ones and a renewal since FOX has nothing else to put in those timeslots. But now to be overpaying for a dingbat like Spears, the lip-syncing douchebag that she is, and she walks off during her duties really says quite a lot as to where this show might be headed by the year’s end.
I’m not a Brittney fan or hater but have seen enough of her performances to say she has butchered plenty of her own songs.
I’m sure we will be subjected to the good old “one of the judges is getting with the contestants” and all the other played out and rehearsed dramas.
A historic first? A Britney Spears tune sung live?
Only Britney is allowed to butcher her own songs!
This is called Simon Cowell brilliant PR move. It was discussed beforehand. This guarantees anyone who was even remotely interested in the train wreck that is Brit Brit, to watch.
Never underestimate the power of Simon’s publicity brilliance.
Not really a “brilliant” PR move when you do the same thing two years in a row.
publicity stunt
Does anyone ‘really’ care? NOT.
You know Simon made her do it.
And here we go! Poor girl can’t even take a restroom break without people saying she’s a “walk out” and a “joke” and already “failed on day 1″!
They should fire Britney and save all that money they agreed to pay her. They could legally do this and still gain the extra ratings they wanted when they signed her. They would get great publicity for doing this and they’ll save $14 million. Do it Britney won’t sue she’ll go do something else.
Spears is good people. Really has her head screwed on tight. This is not part of a pattern.
Cowell should kick off the best singer, then fly to her home town and beg her to come back to the show, thus introducing “suspense.”
Jesus the PR machine team for this show needs to take a break FAST. Look at Idol and The Voice. We get a break from them, you don’t hear about them for a few months. Not X Factor. Show ends and non-stop “leaks” about who the next judge will be, what judge will be fired, whose the host, etc, etc relentlessly until now there’ll be daily reports from the auditions. Meanwhile 0 hits from the first season winner.
Simon, keep the show out of the news for a day. People will be tired of the show, if they aren’t already, before it even has its season premiere.
Hmmm. Sounds like Simon learned from the best. Sure sounds like he worked for one of Murdoch’s papers/tabloids at one time or another – under an assumed name? Is he really a ‘lost Merdoch?’
They should go with Drew Lachey, so good on dancing with the stars as host.
you’re posting. they won.
They create fake drama to drum up press ever year. It’s extremely irritating, not least because it works.
Gee, uh,I just didn’t see this one coming, especially from a pro like Britney…
Yeah probably a P Stunt. What a pile of suckage this show will be.
Dear Fox,
X-Factor is a disaster. The Voice has surged to be the Burger King to American Idol’s McDonald’s. Nobody respects Britney or least of all Demi as actual talents. American Idol is weakened by age, but still as strong as ever overall. Cowell has fallen prey to the same hubris as Oprah and Howard Stern who thought their fans would follow them anywhere.
Simon, it’s been a good American TV run (you’re still a hell of a record man and there’s always the British version of X-Factor) but back to London you go, and for God’s sake take Ricky Gervais, Russell Brand and Piers Morgan with you.
Best Regards,
Fluffo
I love Simon Cowell. X Factor Season One was way better than The Voice.
They should have hired Rihanna.
Why kind of idiot doesn’t get that it’s staged?
I still can’t get over the idea of Britney Spears judging other people’s singing.
Its CRAZY what people will spin to report ha. I was at the taping and she literally got up for a bathroom break and was gone for 5 minutes. These are tapings, not live shows and they go on for 4 hours at a time, of course they are going to take breaks.
All I can say is,Simon you created the monster,now you have to live with it.
Desperate act on a desperate show. Just because it was a “hit” overseas doesn’t mean it works here.
I’m waiting for Simon’s next program – “So You Think You Can Judge a Talent Show?”
I’m sorry but anyone who pays Britney Spears $14 million to appear on a stupid show like X Factor is a fucking idiot.
They might as well flush it down the toilet. Same thing.
i love britney. doesn’t everyone. she is so sweet. but is it inappropriate to point out that she has been ajudicated incompentant to testify even to what she ate for breakfast?
and that sweet young lady Demi…how is she to handle all the pressure when she is only 19 yet she has admitted to drug use and cutting and bulima? poor thing. but on a lighter note, couldn’t she have touched up her roots for the show?