{"id":6837,"date":"2012-01-31T19:23:07","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T18:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/?p=6837"},"modified":"2012-01-31T19:23:07","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T18:23:07","slug":"steve-jones-axed-from-the-x-factor-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/6837\/steve-jones-axed-from-the-x-factor-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Jones axed from The X Factor USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"steve jones\" src=\"\/images\/usa\/thexfactor\/stevejones.jpg\" alt=\"steve jones\" width=\"313\" height=\"204\" \/>Steve Jones has been axed from The X Factor USA after just one season it was confirmed today.<\/p>\n<p>This move is part of a shakeup by the Fox Network to boost ratings of the hit TV show in it\u2019s second season.<\/p>\n<p>Writing on his Twitter page, the 34-year-old Jones said: \u201cI wont be hosting next seasons X Factor which is a shame but I cant complain as I\u2019ve had a great time. Good luck to everyone on the show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A source recently told The Mirror: \u201cShort of a miracle happening, it is pretty much a done deal that he will not take part next season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>FOX president of entertainment Kevin Reilly recently defended him, saying: \u201cThe hosting gig, the only thing I will say, is a much harder job than meets the eye. I think everyone has come to realise the value of a Ryan Seacrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you dialled the clock back 11 years, I\u2019m not sure everybody in this room would have given him all the credit at that time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose are very hard jobs to do. So whether Steve\u2019s the guy or not, it comes under the heading of \u2018growth\u2019 in general.\u201d<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0466605792016836\";\n\/* largexfactor 336x280, created 11\/25\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"7071761240\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steve Jones has been axed from The X Factor USA after just one season it was confirmed today. This move is part of \n<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/6837\/steve-jones-axed-from-the-x-factor-usa\/\"> [...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-xfactorusa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6837"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6839,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6837\/revisions\/6839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}