Simon Cowell blames Gary Barlow for falling X Factor ratings
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Simon Cowell has reportedly blamed Gary Barlow for The X Factor's drop in ratings.
Barlow, who sits alongside Tulisa Contostavlos, Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh on the judging panel, is apparently being singled out as a reason why the current series has seen its worst viewing figures since 2006.
Cowell is now reportedly planning on replacing 41-year-old Barlow for next year's series after deciding that he takes his judging role "too seriously".
The 53-year-old has allegedly said that he has "another man in mind" to take the Take That star's place.
It has also been reported that Cowell did not want Barlow to return to the show this year, but ITV overturned the decision.
The Times quotes a source as saying: "Cowell doesn't think that he knows enough about who to choose from the auditions. The one thing he did after the 2010 show was to create One Direction, who are now the biggest pop group in the world."
This year, the ITV show has been consistently beaten by BBC's Strictly Come Dancing in the ratings. Some 19.4 million viewers tuned into the 2010 final, but only 8.2 watched last Saturday's episode.
Fake article. Gary takes the show as seriously as anybody else and he is one of the most entertaining judges. As for the ratings, they may have dropped but its still one of the biggest shows around.
I don't watch that version but it seems like him and Tulisa were just PMSing like bitches all season at each other instead of focusing on their acts. There's a reason why Nicole has the entire Top two all to herself.
I see no lies in this article, King Gary is easily one of the best judges this show has ever had plus he's eye candy, so I'm not complaining and my boo Arthur is gonna win it tomorrow.
Gary deserves his seat there, he's nothing exciting though, the fact he replaced Simon is like...... He's done good, they need to get rid of Louis and Tulisa though.
The pressed bitches who didn't vote for Queen Scherzinger are lookin stupid right now. You can call her boring or your least favourite but TWO OF HER ****ING ACTS ARE IN THE FINAL.
Although I would believe anything crazy coming from Simon.
