People.com — The singer fails to arrive at Simon Cowell's home in France to mentor eight female contestants more info

Starpulse — A day after a rain-delayed baseball game pushed back the start of 'The X Factor' Judges’ Houses week, I can’t wait to get started breaking down the performances from all the contestants. more info

MTV.co.uk News — The X Factor bosses reportedly fear hopeful Kitty Brucknell could quit the TV show after being "bullied" by the other contestants.According to The Mirror, the 26-year old has told friends... more info

Pop Justice — if you are watching The X Factor tomorrow night you will be needing to fill in one of these. WARNING: Includes laboriously shoehorned Jonjo pun. X Factor Playsheet 2011 Week Two (PDF, 1.8mb) Port at the ready, then. ITV1, 7.45pm. Amazing. more info

ContactMusic — Simon Cowell has a lot to learn about ladies according to One Direction The X Factor boss - who is engaged to make-up artist Mezhgan Hussainy - has been seeking late night love tips from Harry Styles one of the young lotharios in the boy band w... more info

411 Mania — Um, okay? more info

ContactMusic — Music mogul Simon Cowell has risked incurring the wrath of his fellow The X Factor judge Nicole Scherzinger after publicly branding her a ditzy Daffy Duck The sharp-tongued critic admits he is blown away by Scherzingers beauty and suggests she would ... more info

Starpulse — R&B beauty Rihanna empathizes with wannabe singers auditioning on the new U.S. version of The X Factor because judges Simon Cowell and L.A. Reid are both so brutally honest with their criticism. ... more info

Guardian Music — (Columbia)Before winning The X Factor in 2010, Matt Cardle sang in a metal band, and wasn't the sort, apparently, who ever imagined himself releasing an album of triumphal power ballads. So spare him a thought – it can't have been easy to make Lett... more info

ContactMusic — RB beauty Rihanna empathises with wannabe singers auditioning on the new U S version of The X Factor because judges Simon Cowell and Antonio L A Reid are both so brutally honest with their criticism The Umbrella hitmaker who was signed to Def Jam Re.... more info