Simon Cowell has ordered a major overhaul of the U.K.-based The X-Factor to remove all Auto-Tune technology from future episodes of the singing competition series, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"People have got to be able to trust The X-Factor — we are not faking anything," Cowell told the British press Friday. "People love this show, millions watch it every week and we absolutely respect that. We never...read more
After Simon Cowell's U.K.-based singing competition The X-Factor caused an online uproar for using Auto-Tune, American Idol producers are making it very clear that they won't make the same mistake.
"We have never, nor would we ever, use...read more
Fantasia Barrino says her recent overdose on aspirin and a sleep aid was not an accident.
"I didn't have any fight in me. I didn't care about anything. I just wanted out," Barrino told VH1's Behind the Music. "At that moment, I wanted out. I wanted it to be over with — all of it, all of that [expletive]."
The American Idol winner was hospitalized two weeks ago in what police classified as a suicide attempt.
Fantasia Barrino hospitalized after drug overdose; "heartbroken" over affair allegations
"I just sat in the closet and looked at the mirror and took all the pills in the bottle," Barrino said. "I wanted to go to sleep and just be at ...
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