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And Pudsey has landed a Hollywood movie role!

We’ll begin today’s X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent news with a report in the Sun which states that Simon Cowell was landed with a hotel bill for $500,000 (£320,000) after he gave X Factor USA wannabes “the five-star treatment.”

Apparently, Simon put the delighted contestants in exclusive hotels in Miami for the show’s Boot Camp stage, so the lucky 160 singers stayed at the five-star Mondrian, Delano and Shore Club hotels, all of which overlook the beautiful beaches of South Beach.

But of course, back in the UK, Boot Camp hopefuls didn’t do quite so well, given they were accommodated in a Holiday Inn Express with views overlooking the River Mersey…

Yeah, really not comparable are they?

However, of the massive bill, a show insider said, “Singers on the British version of the show will be green with envy but Cowell stumped up $500,000 putting everyone up in plush hotels in Miami for boot camp.

“He wanted to give them a taste of the celebrity lifestyle and help propel them on to great things…” Continue reading »

Plus, Susan Boyle’s neighbours are sick of her singing, and Simon Cowell plans to make Pudsey a canine talent show judge!

It’s been reported today that a promising girl band, Quantro, who made it through to The X Factor’s Boot Camp stage have now been axed after it was revealed one of the group’s members allegedly smashed a broken glass into an ex-boyfriend’s face.

Band member Lucie Slater is set to appear in court to answer a charge of with wounding with intent to cause GBH after her ex-boyfriend, who’s a DJ at the Tiger Tiger bar in Newcastle, William Scott Aitken, needed medical treatment following the incident on June 24.

21-year-old Lucie, of Gateshead, who is currently on bail and is due to appear at crown court, was apparently “devastated” that the show’s bosses have ditched the group.

She even offered to leave the band so that her three band mates could continue on the show, but her plea was refused.

Speaking to the Sun, Lucie said, “We got fantastic comments from the judges and we are just heartbroken.

“We have worked so hard to get to where we are. We can’t thank people enough for their support and that’s why the band is going to carry on.”

After being disqualified, the band tweeted, “We’d like to thank everybody so so much from the bottom of our hearts for the support everyone gave us… Continue reading »