Well if the level of talent is the same as this year then I'd happily like to hear that as long as they were quiet for the odd 2/3 that are good.

Used to love Tulisa when she was in N-Dubz but found she has really started to annoy me since she's been on X factor.......Bring Mel B back...to tell it like it is. Really wish the judges would tell the truth about crap acts

Ideal judging panel for me is Louis, Simon, Mel B and Sharon. Can't see any need to bring pretty vacant Cheryl back at all.

Sharon Osbourne is a bigger waste of time than Louis Walsh..
Cheryl Cole is a bigger waste of time than either of them, there's not an ounce of musical talent between them.

Osbourne used to come out with some totally off the wall comments.

My favourite was, to Steve Brookstein...."Steve you can't sing soul, you're not black."

This must be breathaking news for a sizeable number of white people who could, at the time and a great shock to recent talented white soul singers such as Joss Stone, Duffy, Amy Whitehouse, Adele?

If I remember rightly, straight after this nonsense she got one of her category, a white girl called Carrie, or Cassie, or something similar to sing a classic Aretha soul number which, itself was written by Burt Bacharach.....you couldn't make this stuff up..

I'd never want to see her, or Cheryl Cole back on the programme..if Ms Cole were to re-appear, I think it should be an essential part of her contract, not to have to "sing," for that read MIME her latest single on the show, she's an embarrasment and would be put to shame by nearly everybody who got through the auditions!

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Did she really say that?

I just want Mel B, her feistiness would bring a new dimension to the show

Why do people always think Sharon will be back she is an irrelevant oap

I loved Sharon at the time but the programme has moved on so much without her. Plus I want to see the Nicole & Louis partnership next year. They missed a trick by not shifting Tulisa out of the way and into Nicole's seat, with Nicole firmly between Gary & Louis, so she could bounce off Louis and still rub Gary up the wrong way.

I think Louis and Nicole will be retained; if Tulisa can find her spark from last year she'll be given another go as well. I'll be stunned if Gary signs on for another series. As a replacement I think they should go for a music producer rather than a pop star; the original panel contained three managers and no singers and that worked ok. I'm sure quite a few managers would like the chance to survey the untapped talent in the country even if there's an argument that the cupboard's going bare.

I'd say Tulisa returning is dependent on whether Cheryl wants to come back. Only when they know Cheryl definitely won't return will Tulisa be offered a spot, which I fully expect her to decline anyway. Her heart just doesn't seem in it this year.

I have a sneaky feeling the Cheryl/Will.I.Am rumours are true, and Will is also a friend of Nicole so the panel should connect well on screen. I'm basing this on Will.I.Am working with Simon on possible projects and appearing on X Factor USA, and also the rumours that Will Young is to join The Voice UK after all 4 coaches had been 'confirmed'. And we all know Cheryl would return of the price was right.

I'm not sure if Simon would dare hire a Voice reject on The X Factor - talk about giving more ammunition to the tabloid press. And Louis would definitely be left out on a limb with a panel of Will.i.am/Cheryl/Nicole. He has the potential to be the mad unpredictable uncle but only if he's given someone to bounce off.

Plus I can't see people being delighted with Will.i.am joining the panel - he hardly delighted viewers of The Voice, after all.

Yes, or something very close...

And she was booed for it..and may well've had a hand in swinging it for him..along with some of the other vile things she said, some of which had nothing to do with the actual performances.

The exact wording can be found here: 4.13 onwards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a-0vy_NCQQ

However, I'm sure that's how I heard it, but the memory can play tricks, or there may've been another occasion when she hammered it home..



Either way, it's a ridiculous thing to say, given the amount of cross cultural referencing that's gone on between musical genres over the past 50+ years..


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Cheryl and Dannii brought nothing to the panel, don't know why people are obsessed with them, especially cheryl, she lacks any personality.

i want simon/louis/sharon back.

What about this panel and host for 2013

Panel-Sharon-Louis-Cheryl-Danni
Host-Holly Willoughby

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...dges-back.html

I don't..

I don't want Cheryl Cole back either..not only does she lack any personality, she lacks any discernible singing talent either, though, on that score, she's still ahead of Osbourne.


“If Simon can get the original judges and format back he will truly have pulled victory from the jaws of defeat.”

That remains to be seen.
IMO they're flogging a horse that's long been due to be put out to pasture.

I'd love to think that the show was salvageable..but I don't think it will be without a major revamp, rethink and changing a few names, or calling on "old times," is like putting a small sticking plaster on a gaping wound.

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Let me say it again:-

Robbie, Mel B, Gary and Nicole or Kelly for X Factor 2013!!

Makes sense really...they'd be talking about the performance onstage and not about themselves or whats going on backstage, for starters!!

Yep, in the musical kudos stakes Mel B, is even more qualified than Cheryl Cole to judge other singers.



I'd say if there were an ex-Spice Girl, worthy of being a judge on this, or any other "talent," show then I'd go for Mel C..but I'd guess she wouldn't touch it with a barge pole.

Or, at least I hope she wouldn't.....
She might, like Barlow, start out with the best of intentions and then end up selling her soul for a helluva lot more than 30 pieces of silver.

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I used to like Sharon but after hearing Danniis story on how she gave Dannii a bad time .
I don't like Sharon as much but she is a good judge.
There'a rumors that Simon wants , Sharon , Dannii and Cheryl to return.

I think a good panel would be Nicole , Mel B , Gary ,someone else can't think of who.

I would not be suprised if Dannii and Sharon kissed and made up and they did the show next year.

Remember Dannii has blamed her schedule due to Australia's Got Talent, well now thats been axed. Sharon quit America's Got Talent too.

Would not suprise me if it was Dannii,Sharon, Louis and Gary.

Sharon Osbourne is completely irrelevant now and does not have a clue what sells nowadays, lets not forget none of her acts used to last very long

Let me help you: Cheryl.

In series 2, 3 of her 4 acts were in the final 5. Her other one was the 'shock' elimination in week 5, whilst her acts in series 1 and 3 were both in third place. It was only really series 4 when her category hit the skids.

Would LOVE this panel!
Sharon and Louis together creases me! They're brilliant TV.

"I think a good panel would be Nicole , Mel B , Gary ,someone else can't think of who."

I'd go for the "Cheryl," option..in fact, why not go the whole hog and have?

1. Gary Barlow.
2. Mel B,
3. Cheryl Cole
4. And to complete the line up, a choice between Victoria Beckham, if she can tear hearself away from being such a "fashion Goddess," that she got a mention during the Olympic Ceremonies...or Geri Halliwell..

Then, the judges would consist of one seriously talented Ivor Novello winning songwriter, responsible for God knows how many hits for his band and other artists..and 3 Auto-tune Annies..without a shred of musical credibility between them...and who's "mentees," would be so much better than them, as singers, that it would be too much of an embarrassment for anyone of them to get up on stage with them and perform a "duet," so, at least we'd be spared that "treat."

That would amount to really hammering the final nail into a coffin whose lid has been pretty much firmly shut for quite a few years.

I would say, if you want a credible singing contest, then the panel of judges should be made up of credible singers/musicians....even better, totally independent vocal specialists..who actually know what they're talking about......which would hopefully spare us from "insights," such as "you really smashed that," ...or "you belong on that stage!"

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Geri, Mel B and Victoria are also Ivor Novello winning songwriters, plus the fact that they have sold more records than Gary Barlow, Take That and Cheryl Cole combined...

Spice Girls: 80 Million
Geri: 12 Million
Victoria and Mel B: approx 1 Million
= 93 Million records.

Take That: 45 Million
Gary: 5 Million
Cheryl: No reliable but let's be generous and say 5 Million
=55 Million records

Barlow has showcased his excellence in mentoring by championing acts such as Frankie Coccoza and Christopher Maloney...