Redfoo out as X Factor judge
The first of two judges is out of Seven's singing show this year.
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Redfoo won’t be returning to The X Factor panel this year.
His position has been under speculation for sometime, especially since his song Literally I Can’t was accused of misogynistic lyrics and petitions emerged calling for his removal.
News Corp now reports he is the first to go under a revamp by Channel Seven.
One more judge will reportedly not return amongst Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Dannii Minogue and Ronan Keating.
Bassingthwaighte is currently judging The X Factor NZ after the dismissal of judges Natalia Kills and Willy Moon. Both shows are produced by FremantleMedia Australasia.
It’s also not clear if host Luke Jacobz could be replaced in what is shaping up as a major overhaul for the singing show.
Redfoo has judged for 2 seasons on Seven.
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What we are having too much of is Cooking Programs and House Building/Renovation Programs these drag on and on for most of the year – There is only 2 Singing Contests on TV and they are good and do not need much format fiddling so leave them alone
David, do you know when this was supposed to air?
It should be noted that Redfoo is currently taking part in the current season of Dancing With The Stars in America, and while he was eliminated in the second episode, he could very well have been on the show for the next few months.
It’s usually after house rules, around August
Ricki-Lee should replace Dannii, Dannii starts getting nasty to her biggest threats (Reigan last year and Taylor the year before) Nats energy is great on the Panel and Ronan knows what he’s talking about. Maybe Gary Barlow can get on board.
Yen hun , bunches of no to all of that, bring on real stars… Who are actually relevant this year.
Riki lee? Someone with credibility in the industry please , not another wanna be pop star
Hope Dannii is the other judge to go. Last season when she was left with just Brothers 3 she seemed very bitter a lot of the time. Far different to her time on AGT
Could the revamp be ditching the show entirely.
Good move. I think he was just too out there for the average person to relate to. They must keep Dannii. Ronan and Luke should also move on. Nat should host it and bring on 3 new judges. One should be Tina arena. Bring Kyle back. he makes a good mean judge and works well with Dannii.
Doubt Kyle will be back. Think he quit it last time as he hated the long commitment required. Remember it’s not just turning up on a panel and being a judge, there’s also the mentor side of things and he wasn’t all that effective there considering he hasn’t been a performer, and had to call in Brian McFadden to help him out a lot of the time.
You are maybe right John. I just think with Redfoo the show lacked that controversial judge, the Kyle, Mel b or Simon type. The one that says what they think instead of being too nice. Kyle might do it as he no longer has a TV gig. Last time he did xfactor he was also doing AGT and radio.
An article in today’s Herald-Sun refers to Dannii as “former X-Factor judge”….
already knew that , that’s old news , interested who out of the other three will leave
hasnt the audience had enough of singing shows. cant we just move on from this sort of tv. lets get ridiculous!
Thank god… Yes. Couldn’t stand him on The X Factor.
I’ve been saying this show needs a makeover for a while about time it really needs it to at least lift up the show, 2 or 3 judges need to change and with a new host. The show needs to concentrate more about the singing then the drama onboard.
Perhaps now they could go back to the quaint idea of having judges with credible experience and a decent track record in the entertainment industry, rather than Flavour-of-the-month Performer #1526364?
What a shame,he was a great and entertaining judge.
….April Fools! Oh wait…