{"id":1749,"date":"2012-08-19T01:45:36","date_gmt":"2012-08-19T00:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/?p=1749"},"modified":"2012-08-25T12:51:08","modified_gmt":"2012-08-25T11:51:08","slug":"mo-farah-is-set-to-become-a-mentor-on-the-x-factor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/1749\/mo-farah-is-set-to-become-a-mentor-on-the-x-factor\/","title":{"rendered":"Mo Farah is set to become a mentor on The X Factor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"mo farah the x factor\" src=\"\/images\/sports\/olympics\/mofarah.jpg\" alt=\"mo farah the x factor\" width=\"269\" height=\"180\" \/>After his success in the London Olympics, Mo Farah look set to be joining The X Factor in a mentoring capacity according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Simon Cowell has been in talks with the double gold medalist because he would like the new series of the show to capture the &#8220;spirit&#8221; of London 2012, The Sun reports.<\/p>\n<p>Producers are planning an Olympics-themed episode during the live shows and hope to secure other Team GB stars to help the acts.<\/p>\n<p>The Olympians will coach contestants on how to perform under pressure and perfect their craft.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Teaming up with our athletes means they can offer training and pep talks,&#8221; a source said.<br \/>\n<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<p>&#8220;People like Mo know about dedication and hard work. It&#8217;s only right we invite them to help us shape our future popstars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The new series of The X Factor kicks of this weekend on ITV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After his success in the London Olympics, Mo Farah look set to be joining The X Factor in a mentoring capacity according to reports. Simon Cowell has been in talks [&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":[10,8],"class_list":["post-1749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-mo-farah","tag-the-x-factor","clearfix"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749","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=1749"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1760,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749\/revisions\/1760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}