After the cull of judges and presenters from the X Factor USA, it's hardly surprising that Simon Cowell wants a world-class diva sitting on that panel this year. But even he might have set his sights somewhat high after it was reported that the music mogul is after Mariah Carey.
Cowell is believed to be trying to convince the singer to be one of the judges on the second series of the show after she was unable to take part last year having just given birth to her twins. A source told The Mirror: 'Simon wants nothing but the best for the X Factor - and Mariah is the best.'
But her husband Nick Cannon is believed to not be very keen on the idea and indicated that she will turn down the role. He is reported as saying: 'Why would my wife want to be on a show like that? For somebody who has a legendary career, I don't know why they would.'
Yesterday it was revealed that Nicole Scherzinger and host Steve Jones have been unceremoniously dumped from the X Factor USA after just one season.
Reports today have suggested that Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj are also in Cowell's sights to join Mariah on the panel for the new series - and Dermot O'Leary, who presents the Uk version, has an outside chance of taking over from Steve Jones. Cowell also recently admitted that despite axing her from the show last May, he would take Cheryl Cole back on board.He said: 'I regret what happened because Cheryl was a close friend. I've always believed we'll end up doing something together again.'
Cowell hinted at a major changes on the show last month when he was quoted as saying: 'We change these shows all the time.'
I love how Nicole was hyped and praised to the high heavens on the UK version, and was the thrown aside like trash on the US version... No consistency :/
