Simon Cowell is reportedly in talks to relaunch The X Issue within the US.
The stateside model of the musical TV expertise present was launched by Cowell in 2011, seven years after the UK model began in 2004. It ran for 3 seasons till Cowell returned to the UK present in 2014.
After the UK X Issue was cancelled final yr after 17 seasons, sources inform Deadline that Cowell is eager to carry it again to screens in america.
The report states that talks are underway to revive the sequence on NBC, with Cowell lately telling The Solar that the community had “supplied us to make the present”.
No additional particulars are but accessible.
Earlier this yr, it was introduced {that a} documentary is within the works which is able to examine claims of bullying and harassment behind-the-scenes on the ITV present.
Two manufacturing corporations are believed to be engaged on the TV particular, which is able to embrace interviews with former contestants who declare “bullying, exploitation and harassment” befell off-camera on the singing competitors.
In line with The Mail On Sunday, quite a few X Factor stars have agreed to participate, together with “a minimum of one” of decide Cowell‘s former aides.
A supply informed the publication: “There are at present some former contestants telling their tales for the programme. There are some on the market who imagine they have been mistreated by the X Issue machine. They’re now going to get their likelihood to have a say.”
Numerous former contestants have been crucial of the present in recent times. After the present was axed by ITV final yr, Jedward posted on Twitter: “X Issue has been axed. Mission Full.”
Talking to ITV Information, John Grimes from the duo mentioned: “I really feel lots of people have been exploited on the present, individuals behind the scenes, totally different contestants have come ahead and shared their tales.”
