{"id":1667,"date":"2012-04-11T18:50:46","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T17:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/?p=1667"},"modified":"2012-04-11T18:50:46","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T17:50:46","slug":"simon-cowell-set-to-appear-in-the-x-factor-2012-live-shows-via-skype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/1667\/simon-cowell-set-to-appear-in-the-x-factor-2012-live-shows-via-skype\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Cowell set to appear in The X Factor 2012 live shows via Skype"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"simon cowell\" src=\"\/images\/uk\/simon02.JPG\" alt=\"simon cowell\" width=\"263\" height=\"186\" \/>With disappointing viewing figures in last year\u2019s X factor live shows, ITV has been looking at ways that the hit TV show can once again triumph over Strictly come dancing on the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>One idea that the ITV bosses have reportedly come up with, is for Simon Cowell to critique the contestants in the new series of The X Factor &#8211; starting later this year &#8211; as a \u2018Voice of God\u2019 type of character, where he is able to speak on the ITV series via Skype.<\/p>\n<p>The idea comes not only because of last year\u2019s ratings war with the BBC, but also the current battle between  The Voice and Britain\u2019s Got Talent.<\/p>\n<p>Cowell is desperate to build the viewing figures again and prove to people that his show is still relevant and thinks a comeback of sorts is the best way to do it.<\/p>\n<p>A source told The Sun:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is serious now for Simon. BGT losing out to The Voice is one thing, but he\u2019s terrified this is going to have negative repercussions for The X Factor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll options are being considered and having him as the Voice of God is one of them. He quite likes the idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0466605792016836\";\n\/* auditions mid page 300x250, created 9\/6\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"2217652781\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\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":"<p>With disappointing viewing figures in last year\u2019s X factor live shows, ITV has been looking at ways that the hit TV show can once again triumph over Strictly come dancing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","clearfix"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1667"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1670,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667\/revisions\/1670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}