{"id":12170,"date":"2012-01-31T17:02:06","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T17:02:06","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-01-31T17:02:23","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T17:02:23","slug":"Nicole-Scherzinger-out-at-X-Factor-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=12170","title":{"rendered":"Nicole Scherzinger out at ‘X Factor’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sources near the X Factor show confirm all Nicole Scherzinger, Steve Jones and Paula Abdul will not return for X Factor\u2018s second season next fall, though Fox has only officially acknowledged the departure of Jones and Scherzinger. The stunning X Factor exodus marks a dramatic day of network reality-show bloodletting.
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\nThe events cap weeks of speculation about whether Scherzinger and Jones will continue on the show. Abdul\u2019s future with the series has been speculated about too, but less so \u2014 especially given her longtime friendship and working history with Factor judge and executive producer Simon Cowell.<\/p>\n

The departures will leave Cowell and record producer L.A. Reid, both judges on the show, as the only returning on-air talent.<\/p>\n

E! News quoted a source close to Scherzinger claiming it was the singer\u2019s idea to leave the show:<\/strong> \u201cShe wants to focus on her music career. She\u2019s spoken to Simon [Cowell] and he\u2019s given her his blessing. X Factor took a lot more of her time than she ever expected. She didn\u2019t have any time really to work on her music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a moment that some have deemed X Factor\u2018s lowest point \u2014 the ill-advised and seemingly heartless dismissal of 13-year-old Rachel Crow:
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