Simon Cowell has yet to say who might fill the two vacant judges' chairs on "The X Factor," but he's revealed that both Britney Spears and Janet Jackson would make good choices.
The British TV mogul called into "The Billy Bush Show," where he spoke "hypothetically" about the possibility of the two pop stars joining the show.

"I'm fascinated by [Britney.] The fact that she's one of the most talked about - not just pop stars - but people in the world today, means that you've got this star power," Simon told Billy Bush when asked about the rumors of Britney joining the show - stressing that he could neither confirm nor deny who he and the show's producers have spoken with.

"This girl has got resilience," he said of the pop princess. "I would think that if she's managed to sustain a family, a career, which is tough, ['X Factor' would be] a walk in the park."

"I would be fascinated to hear what she had to say," he explained. "She's still hot, she's still having hit records and she's still controversial, there's a reason for that."

Simon also spoke briefly about the possibility of Janet becoming a judge, saying, "Would she be a good judge? Yes."

The biting Brit explained to Billy that the upcoming season of his reality completion series would be different than the first.
"We're making a new show this year," he continued. "We have to put much more emphasis on the contestants this year."

Simon also spoke about the departure of Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger.

"The me and Paula thing was too reminiscent of what we'd seen in the past... and the network felt quite strongly that there needed to be a bigger separation," he explained, referring to their time together on "American Idol." "I understand the argument, even though I would have liked to have kept Paula."
As for Nicole's departure, Simon remained a bit cagier, telling Billy, "And with Nicole, I don't know what the exact reason was, because people liked her. They just felt that if they were going to bring somebody else in that they had some ideas for people who could work well together."

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选秀教父西蒙·考威尔（Simon Cowell）回应布兰妮（Britney Spears）将加盟美版《X达人秀》（The X Factor）传闻，他本人坦承了对布兰妮的喜爱之情，并暗示如无意外，“小甜甜”会是该节目的新评委之一。

美版《X达人秀》第一季结束后，其中两位评委尼可·斯彻金格（Nicole Scherzinger）和宝拉·阿巴杜（Paula Abdul）相继退出，西蒙·考威尔目前正在挑选两人的接班人。

最近媒体披露，《X达人秀》新一季的两个评委热门候选人除了歌后碧昂斯（Beyonce）、“花蝴蝶”玛丽亚·凯莉（Mariah Carey），布兰妮也在西蒙·考威尔的考察范围之内。

西蒙·考威尔对此消息作出了回应，他表示，“我为布兰妮着迷。她是个让人津津乐道的个歌星，同时也是一位很有影响力的明星。她度过了家庭和职业生涯最困难的时期，现在已经恢复到了昔日的风采。”

西蒙·考威尔还就布兰妮是否将加盟美版《X达人秀》作出确切回答，“布兰妮还是当代歌坛的当红歌星，以她的能力，The X Factor对她来说，只能算是闲庭信步。”

有媒体指出，西蒙·考威尔的回应，明显表达了《X达人秀》对布兰妮的青睐，也就是说布兰妮加盟该真人秀已无障碍，在没有意外的情况下，双方极有可能在近期达成合作的协议。

至此，《X达人秀》第二季还剩下一个评委空缺，西蒙·考威尔有可能在玛丽亚·凯莉、珍妮·杰克逊（ Janet Jackson）和“黑眼豆豆”女主唱菲姬（Fergie）中三选一。