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Just as season two of Simon Cowell’s reality singing competition, The X Factor US, has come to an end, judge L.A. Reid left the show for good and the departures may be continuing.
It has been reported that newcomer Britney Spears and her $15 million contract will be following the ex-judge out the door.
“It isn’t working,” said one source to the magazine regarding Spears’ single season as a judge. Another annoyed insider chimed in that producers “paid all that for her to say ‘amazing’ and offer half-claps.”
However, an inside source close to the star indicated that it is Cowell who is pushing for Spears’ departure. “He wanted crazy Britney, but he got boring Britney,” he said.
Reports aside, Spears has indicated she enjoys being on the show and told a red carpet interviewer in November that she ‘definitely’ will be back for a second time.
With just two season under its belt, The X Factor has already watched four judges come and go: Cheryl Cole, Nicole Scherzinger, Paula Abdul and now officially Reid, who announced his departure shortly before the season two finale on December 20.
The shakeups come just two months after Reid told Billboard he was comfortable with the current panel, which also includes Demi Lovato.
“I’m actually very hopeful that X Factor keeps the same panel going forward,” fellow judge L.A. Reid told Billboard in October. “I think that we actually suffer a little but for not having that consistency in our panel.”
