16 Dec
X Factor judge Simon Cowell
X Factor judge Simon Cowell has added further fuel to speculation that the show is heading to America.
The 50-year-old star, who recently finished the sixth series of the UK talent show, is said to be taking the popular series to the US in addition to his show American Idol.
He told BBC’s Newsnight: “I think the show will go to America. It has to go to America. There has to be an American version of the show.
“To not make the X Factor in the biggest market in the world would be crazy.”
It has been rumoured that he is keen to take his fellow X Factor judge and Girls Aloud member Cheryl Cole, 26, with him for the US version.