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How The X Factor Became The Real World: Simon Cowell's Plan To Amp Up Show Drama: BOOZE!

That'll do it! Sources report that Simon Cowell is encouraging the upcoming UK X Factor contestants to have hit the bottle hard this season in an effort to create more, um, compelling drama on the show. The boozing for ratings ploy started last night as 250 hopefuls were passed around free champagne and cocktails after checking into [...]

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01:30 on August 17 2011

How The X Factor Became The Real World: Simon Cowell's Plan To Amp Up Show Drama: BOOZE!

Perez Hilton — That'll do it! Sources report that Simon Cowell is encouraging the upcoming UK X Factor contestants to have hit the bottle hard this season in an effort to create more, u... more info

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