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UK X-Factor may move to accommodate US version
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 13 January 2010
So, we’re not the only people to question the logistical implications of Simon Cowell and, possibly, Cheryl Cole being involved in the newly announced US version of ‘X-Factor’ in Autumn 2011.
US network Fox seem keen to schedule their version of the Cowell franchise in the Autumn months but that, of course, is when ITV airs the UK version. And once the series goes into live sing-off stage, that could lead to some scheduling clashes. Even if Cowell and Cole were to both commit to a carbon-rich Atlantic-hopping few weeks, if both networks wanted live weekend shows then clearly, unless there is a dramatic jump in the science of cloning in the next year, that’s not going to work.
Which has led to speculation that ITV will have to move its ‘X-Factor’ to a different time of year, so that the live show bits of both it and ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ take place in the first half of the year. Which would, at least, end the Christmas Number One component of the pop talent show.
