Detroit Free Press — Simon Cowell pulled off his best Donald Trump impression and fired the majority of his first-season "X Factor" mates, including "Straight Up" singer Paula Abdul. more info

The Newsroom — In a surprise shake-up, Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger have been let go. Find out what's next, and why the 'bloodbath' went down. more info

Starpulse — Music and TV mogul Simon Cowell has confirmed Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger will not be returning as star judges on the new season of The X Factor. On Monday, host Steve Jones became the firs... more info

ContactMusic — US X Factor boss Simon Cowell has thanked judges Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul and host Steve Jones after they were axed from the show The show boss paid tribute to the trio after they were dropped from the series and wished them success in th..... more info

Perez Hilton — So we've heard what Paula Abdul had to say about getting fired, and we heard what Nicole Scherzinger had to say about the ax. But what does Simon Cowell have to say about the X Factor bloodbath?? A LOT of people have been wondering how he could fire... more info

CNN Showbiz — Having watched as countless contestants said their goodbyes on season 1 of "The X Factor," judges Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger and host Steve Jones will now do the same, without so much as a highlight reel to play them off. more info

Perez Hilton — While we were SHOCKED to see Paula Abdul as one of those fired from X Factor, we weren't so surprised to see Nicole Scherzinger get the boot. In fact, we expected it. After the horrible decision to put Rachel Crow and Marcus Canty into a deadlock, ... more info

ContactMusic — Music and TV mogul Simon Cowell has confirmed Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger will not be returning as star judges on the new season of The X Factor On Monday 30Jan12 host Steve Jones became the first to be dropped from the U S version of the prog... more info

Perez Hilton — We were SHOCKED and SUPER SAD to see Paula Abdul on the list of those fired in the X Factor job massacre! While we totally understood others on that list, Paula has been with Simon Cowell from day one!! So what gives?? Maybe her statement will she... more info

Pop Crunch — And then there were two! Another talent show venture has gone belly-up for ’80s pop star and acclaimed dance-master Paula Abdul. On Tuesday afternoon, Paula issued a statement confirming that [...] more info