Simon's plan Good cop=Cheryl Cole, Bad cop: Mel B
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Mel B is a perfect choice to serve Simon's goal in protecting and keeping Cheryl on a pedestal.
What other explanation would there be for getting rid of Nicole?
She would have out shone Cheryl with her 'shamazing':D personality and talent. So she had to go. Step forward another female judge that will not threaten Cheryl's pedestal and princess status.
Cheryl is
1. Younger,
2. less threatening than 'scary' mel b
3. Prettier (unlike if Nicole was there, she'll always win the hair battles)
4. On this one occasion, quite possibly a better singer
It's win, win for Cheryl. I might even go out on a limb and say that not only might she have insisted that Nicole goes but he may well have suggested Mel B.
What other explanation would there be for getting rid of Nicole?
She would have out shone Cheryl with her 'shamazing':D personality and talent. So she had to go. Step forward another female judge that will not threaten Cheryl's pedestal and princess status.
Cheryl is
1. Younger,
2. less threatening than 'scary' mel b
3. Prettier (unlike if Nicole was there, she'll always win the hair battles)
4. On this one occasion, quite possibly a better singer
It's win, win for Cheryl. I might even go out on a limb and say that not only might she have insisted that Nicole goes but he may well have suggested Mel B.
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I think it'll be entertaining to see Mel B vs Louis
Or it could go the other way and they'll be all "girl power" and "don't put us against each other" (Amanda/Alesha on BGT)
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Hopefully Mel and Cheryl will talk to eachother. Nicole and Sharon actually getting on last year was a breath of fresh air after Sharon/Dannii's feud, Dannii/Cheryl ignoring eachother and Tulisa/Kelly's feud
BIB - Agree with that. There were a lot of people on here who were predicting that Sharon would be mean to Nicole, yet they got on like a house on fire.
Nicole was photographed with Kelly O this week - so she must still be on good terms with Mrs O ;-)
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=newssearch&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB8QqQIoADAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Ftvshowbiz%2Farticle-2653726%2FNicole-Scherzinger-parties-pal-Kelly-Osbourne-open-checked-shirt-skinnies-Dionne-Warwick-gig.html&ei=wauXU7HiD8LAPL3OgagG&usg=AFQjCNFI1qHpAeaSThDbDXIz6eMB-s4Nwg&sig2=HD1YN5nJ2MmPwutz3HqSsQ&bvm=bv.68693194,d.ZWU
Most times you can see them interacting and talking, but the camera quickly panned away.
Yes! producers think we want to see women not getting on. I'd rather see them interacting myself.
I don't think they will be best of friends but even if they are my point about 'Simon's plan' is separate to that.
They could get on like a house of fire but when it comes to their role as 'judges' I still think that Mel B being the bad cop was designed to protect and uplift Cheryl and consolidate this nations sweetheart/judge image.
Mel B is a ruse for this. She needs to be careful. The promo picture of the judges with Simon's arm around Cheryl and Louis and Mel B in the back, speaks volumes.
It isn't a proper photo, it's three photos photoshopped together. Mel's is from the 2012 Manchester auditions, Simon and Cheryl from earlier this year when they had a press conference on their return.
Oh, LOL!
Or maybe there isn't any 'plan' by Simon?
I think this may be a conspiracy theory gone mad tbh ;-)
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there will always be a plan where simon is concerned, i just dont get what he sees in cheryl and why is she still calling herself cole when shes divorced from ashley
What is your view on why Nicole was not kept on for a Louis Cheryl Nicole and Simon panel. (Working on the basis that Nicole was up for another season -as I believe she was)?
There was no way Sharon was going to return last year and dislike Nicole. She's known her from years ago, plus it wouldn't look good on Sharon if she didn't get on with her fellow female judge again.
I agree with what others have said, Cheryl & Dannii got on well, they praised each other in the press, were often seen talking and Dannii even went to Cheryl's birthday, plus Dannii was the second or third person Cheryl followed on twitter.
The press however, seemed determined to make it this huge rivalry. In 2008, Cheryl was the golden girl and could do no wrong so Dannii was the bad one. Then fast forward two years and there was so much controversy surrounding Cheryl, that Dannii was the one who could do no wrong and was very much the golden girl of 2010 and left on such a high.
I personally like it when female judges get on, but the press seem determined to pit female X Factor judges against each other. It's boring.
Cheryl isn't a fan of Nicole. She didn't have the nicest things to say about her in her autobiography and describes her as very ambitious after the whole XF USA mess. I think this is basically the reason Nicole isn't back.
Simon even admitted he wouldn't have Cheryl next to someone she hates (I believe this was one of the terms of her coming back) so Nicole was gone. That's what is making me think Cheryl & Mel might put this girl power front on.
I don't think there was ever a plan for Nicole to come back this year. It was reported that they've known Simon would be coming back since last July. I think Cheryl has been in talks for much longer than we've been led to believe, and I suspect the intention for this year was to keep Sharon, and having a Simon, Cheryl, Sharon and Louis panel. In many ways, that is the 'ultimate' X Factor panel. Last year was just paving the way for all of that.
Sharon and Nicole always got on she even invited her to Judges Houses one year in America as she said she was a neighbour of hers.
Apparently I read somewhere she uses the name Cole because that is the name that made her famous and not Tweedy. I also don't see what the fuss is about her and also went back on her word saying she would never work as a judge for X-Factor and here she is back on our screens in August.
there is no way Cheryl would have been on a panel with Nicole.Nicole is a great singer and is so beautiful she would totally outshine Cheryl and also Cheryl was kicked off XF USA and Nicole replaced her,I am sure she wasn't happy about that.