{"id":3113,"date":"2010-12-16T19:10:14","date_gmt":"2010-12-16T18:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/?p=3113"},"modified":"2010-12-16T19:10:14","modified_gmt":"2010-12-16T18:10:14","slug":"george-michael-set-to-become-a-judge-on-the-x-factor-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/3113\/george-michael-set-to-become-a-judge-on-the-x-factor-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"George Michael Set To Become A Judge On The X Factor USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"George Michael\" src=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/images\/uk\/x2009\/celebs\/george01.JPG\" alt=\"George Michael\" width=\"406\" height=\"253\" \/>It has been revealed that Simon Cowell has invited singer George Michael to become a judge on the U.S. version of the talent show <em>The X Factor<\/em> according to The Sun newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>The former Wham! star, 47, will join pop mogul Cowell and singer Cheryl Cole, 27, on the debut series in the States next year.<\/p>\n<p>It will allow the troubled singer to get his career back on track after his spell behind bars earlier this year for driving while under the influence of drugs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;George is going to take the job. It&#8217;s an amazing opportunity to get back in the limelight and reverse his recent bad spell,&#8221; a source said. &#8220;Simon knows that Americans love him. He is as big in the U.S. as he is over here. He is a true star and has the wit and experience for the job. It&#8217;s the perfect platform to resurrect his career.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cowell, 51, is believed to have offered him a deal worth more than \u00a31 million\u00a0 and even visited Michael at his home to discuss the role in November.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Freedom&#8221; star, who sang with Britain&#8217;s &#8220;X Factor&#8221; winner Joe McElderry on last year&#8217;s final show, is a huge fan of reality TV.<\/p>\n<p>But he must apply for a U.S. work permit &#8212; and due to his recent brush with the law, it could prove difficult to obtain.<\/p>\n<p><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":"It has been revealed that Simon Cowell has invited singer George Michael to become a judge on the U.S. version of the talent \n<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/3113\/george-michael-set-to-become-a-judge-on-the-x-factor-usa\/\"> [...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":4,"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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-x-factor"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3113"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3117,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113\/revisions\/3117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}