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Over at Movieline sister site Deadline, Nikki Finke’s got a whopper of an interview with Simon Cowell, who revealed to her his proposed line-up of judges for the U.S. version of the British reality contest series The X Factor. Will reuniting with fellow American Idol judge Paula Abdul draw in the ratings? Bigger question: Who is Cheryl Cole?
The latter question is one American audiences will be asking when Cowell’s X Factor premieres in September; Cole, a singer and reality TV personality well known across the pond, is fairly unknown in the States, yet she’s reportedly a lock for the judging gig. (Cole was previously a judge on the U.K. version of the show.) Finke pressed Cowell on his decision:
“I opined about how hard it is for UK personalities to click with U.S. audiences. Though she has her own widely imitated catchphrase there telling wannabe contestants they are ‘really, really luv-erly’ in her incomprehensible Newcastle accent and has become a UK tabloid obsession, over here she’ll just be [...]
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