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Fuller Hits Out Over Idol Axing
...with star judge SIMON COWELL's own show. POP IDOL survived just two seasons on ITV1 before bosses opted to let Cowell make his own talent show, THE X FACTOR...
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I want to be Madge's friend
Sitting at a table outside Julie's wine bar in Holland Park on a bright, freezing day with Will Young, who is wrapped up warm in a second-hand velvet jacket and jaunty cravat, when a crocodile of schoolchildren walk past... Now of course, I respect someone's right to a private life, but I can't see why if (a) you go on Pop Idol and win and make videos that are homoerotic homages...
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Fuller's American Idol tops the pop talent shows with 35 million ...
...The vast audience, the biggest for a light-entertainment show, is likely to disturb executives at ITV, who dumped the original UK format, Pop Idol, in favour...
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Full-scale Rowie Is Brewing
The dietican, who helped winner Michelle McManus shed five stone, now has the famous Aberdeen rowie, or buttery, in her sights...
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Millions to watch Arabic final
Millions of viewers across the Arab world are set to tune in for this evening's final of Superstar - the Middle Eastern version of ...
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Two faces of Jordan
...There was a series of ill-fated relationships, including an engagement to Gladiator Warren Furman, a fling with runner-up Gareth Gates and the brief...
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Cowell: 'I'll Never Be A Pop Mogul Pensioner'
Image-conscious pop mogul SIMON COWELL will quit hosting AMERICAN IDOL as soon as his five year contract runs out, because he doesn't want to grow old on...
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Fremantle, Cowell have Got Talent for NBC
...its first partnership with Simon Cowell (American Idol) and FremantleMedia (American Idol) to bring ...
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Cowell Never Wants Kids
Pop mogul will never have children, insisting his TV shows mean more to him than kids...
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End of an era as Smash Hits closes
...teenager. The presenter Kate Thornton, who edited Smash Hits in the 90s, said: "It's a real shame - the end of an era
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Michelle for the chop?
By ALEX KASRIEL. Her rapid weight loss - from 22 stone to 14 stone - has left lots of excess skin on the winner's body...
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Michelle's Baggy Skin
...Whatever she does, the victor should hopefully have the support of new boyf Mike - a builder she met in a London bar a few months ago
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Waterman to sell his chapel of sound
...Recently a panellist on hit TV show , Waterman is leaving the city to consolidate his recording business in London
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And Another Thing
...Another reality TV show champ, star Michelle McManus, has just splashed out on a soft-top sports car...
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Macca mocks reality
...anniversary. Reality shows such as and X Factor lacked the originality to create real stars, Sir Paul said...
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Sir Paul 'great bands are natural'
..."It's like , Strictly Come Dancing, strictly ice-skating, strictly walking...
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Notorious Big Beats Arctic Monkeys To UK Number One
...moves from number eight to number four. The fifth spot is claimed by former winner WILL YOUNG and his hit ALL TIME LOVE...
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Advertising: Secrets of the East
...Mengniu yoghurt, for example, sponsored Supergirl, a -like singing competition during which four million votes were cast via text, surely the largest...
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Charl and Will line up Brits duet
...The 19-year-old Welsh singer and the former winner have been firm friends after meeting on the pop circuit...
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Celeb idols go pop
The first rumour is that Newcastle nuisances Ant and Dec are back with another , perhaps with slimy , according to the Sun...
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