Danyl Johnson lost out on the weekend’s X Factor to Olly Murs, Stacey Solomon and Joe McElderry.
Danyl, who was Simon Cowell’s contestant, has had a soap opera ride on the show, after claims he was a diva and bearing the brunt of a gaffe judge Dannii Minogue made about his sexuality.
But he gracefully accepted [...]

Simon Cowell is reportedly planning to have performances from Sir Paul McCartney and George Michael in The X Factor final.
The 50-year-old music boss is also in talks with British band Coldplay about making an appearance on the upcoming final to complete the star-studded line-up.
It is claimed that he wants to make the final the biggest [...]

Simon Cowell has drawn the line at Lady GaGa’s demands for fluffy lambs and hundreds of butterflies to enhance her upcoming appearance on The X-Factor.
An X Factor source told Britain’s Daily Mirror: “Simon wanted her on the show because he knows she will put 110 per cent into the performance. She has never done anything [...]

Jedward have signed a deal with their X-Factor mentor and judge Louis Walsh.
The Irish twins, who Simon Cowell panned right up until the last stages of their controversial run on the show, will have Walsh as their manager.
Walsh, who has fostered the careers of Boyzone and Westlife, among others, dismissed Jedward doubters, saying: “John and [...]

X Factor star Simon Cowell has dismissed reports that he waxes his hands.
The 50-year-old music mogul was reportedly seen on the X Factor show with less hairy hands than he has been spotted with recently, sparking rumours that he has had the hair waxed off.
But he told UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph at the launch [...]

X Factor boss Simon Cowell is said to earn £125,000 an hour despite the fact he has the ‘attention span of a gnat’.
The 50-year-old music mogul can’t concentrate on anything for too long, but is a great businessman, according to one of his oldest friends.
Mark Hoffman, 36, a property developer who runs Commercial Property Investments [...]

Simon Cowell has reportedly picked Miley Cyrus’s single The Climb as the X Factor winner’s track.
The 50-year-old judge and mentor is said to have gone for the Disney star’s song as he is aiming the single at the teenage market.
It is claimed that he is sure Joe McElderry, 18, will win the show.
According to UK [...]

Janet Jackson will perform for the grand final episode of The X-Factor, in which four contestants will fight it out for the crown.
Star judge Simon Cowell originally hoped to have Jackson’s late brother Michael on the show. But the king of pop died before he could fulfill his UK mega-tour.
The X-Factor and its off-stage dramas [...]

Anchorman star Will Ferrell has revealed his dream movie role would be playing Simon Cowell in a biopic of his life.
The 42-year-old, who is famous for playing TV anchor Ron Burgundy in the flick, admitted that he would love to play the X Factor and American Idol judge in a movie.
He said: “I would love [...]

Simon Cowell says Susan Boyle’s US album debut will be bigger than those of Madonna, Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey.
Cowell claims he has inside info that it will take number one spot in the States, making it the highest debut for a female artist ever.
The Britain’s Got Talent guru added that the 48-year-old’s stellar rise [...]