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Beyonce And Mariah Carey Are Not Your “X Factor” Judges

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Posted by Katherine St Asaph on 02/08/2012 at 8:59 AM News

The Popdust Files: beyonce, gossip, mariah carey, the x factor

Recap: After The X Factor lost three-fifths of its regular cast (i.e. the judges and host) in one swath of destruction, the world began to speculate. Some of that speculation looked like “wait, is there even gonna be a season past 2 now?” (Some of that speculation, in turn, looked like schadenfreude.) But even more common was speculation about who’d make an awesome judge in Paula and Nicole’s stead. And then the “she’d make an awesome judge!” speculation morphed into “she’s gonna be an awesome job, and that’s how we get rumors like The X Factor offering Beyonce Dr. Evil-like sums of money to join the panel, rumors which remaining judge Simon Cowell has denied.

See, let’s use common sense. Beyonce just gave birth to the newsiest infant alive, while Mariah Carey’s babies are both young and yet to grow out of their hashtags. These artists have to raise small children AND memes at the same time! X Factor judge duty is completely unfeasible. But if you’d rather hear it from Simon:

On Beyonce: “No. I have no idea where this rumor came from. I read it online that I offered her $100 million a year. It’s complete nonsense.”

On Mariah: “I would love her, but you can’t expect someone who’s just had two kids to make the kind of commitment you would need on this show.” (He mention her kids, but not Beyonce’s! We are now choosing to interpret this as Simon Cowell just not caring, which would be very much in the character he used to have.)

On the names that will feed the rumor mill for days to come: “Cowell thinks Madonna would be “great,” adding she would also be “expensive.” Katy Perry “would be fun — and she’s feisty.” And there you go. One week until someone pretends Katy’s looking to The X Factor for a post-divorce refresher. Apparently that’s what she’s known for these days.

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