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If Simon Cowell had his way, he'd be surrounded by females on his 'X Factor' panel. In addition to returning judge Demi Lovato, another big pop name is close to signing a deal to sit near the cantankerous Cowell: Kelly Rowland!

In what was a very shirt stint as the co-host on Fox's 'X Factor', Khloe Kardashian will not be back for the next season.

While L.A. Reid and Britney Spears have bounced from the merry-go-round that is the 'X Factor' judges panel after its second, ratings-challenged season, singer Demi Lovato is sticking around.

Just got a text from Jillian Jensen that her new song, "Boys Suck," will be released on February 26th.

Britney Spears is peacing out of 'X Factor' -- but she didn't get fired. Turns out, she quit.

Apparently Simon Cowell would have rather had Britney Spears beating cars with umbrellas again on 'X Factor' instead of just, you know, showing up late once in a while. The crankypants Brit wanted his own highly-paid Brit to be more entertaining and a bit more of a loose cannon on the struggling Fox show, but instead she was just sort of ... off.

It's been a rough few weeks for Britney Spears. She's the target of a ridiculous lawsuit, her mentee Carly Rose Sonenclar lost the 'X Factor' because LeAnn Rimes is a pathetic mess, and now she's being fired from her gig as a judge on the talent show.

Carly Rose Sonenclar's 'How Do I Live' duet with LeAnn Rimes on the 'X Factor' finale was a mess, thanks largely to Rimes' erratic singing, which may have contributed to 13-year-old Sonenclar's failure to win the 'X Factor' title. Rimes actually issued a statement claiming that it was Carly Rose who was off-key and nervous, which has the teen's family fuming.

It's pretty much Bruno Mars' week, with his sophomore set 'Unorthodox Jukebox' landing at retail and the lead single 'Locked Out of Heaven' rocketing to the No. 1 slot on the radio charts. The singer capped off a stellar promotional week with a performance of the single on last night's (Dec. 13) elimination episode of 'X Factor.'

The lovely Alicia Keys turned in a primitive yet Asian-inspired performance of 'Girl on Fire' on 'X Factor' tonight (Nov. 29), surrounded by a troupe of 'Coming to America'-like dancers and ripples of tribal percussion.