Simon Cowell Tips Usher And Abdul For X Factor

The music mogul admits he has been bombarded with requests by celebrities desperate to sit on the panel with him when the star-search contest launches in the US this year and singled out the ‘OMG’ hitmaker and his former fellow ‘American Idol’ star as current contenders for the jobs.

He said: “I can’t make up my mind. I’ve been meeting all these people every day and I like them and at the moment I could end up with about 23 judges on this panel. “One contestant, 23 judges!”