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"Simon Cowell has declared that he believes two impending X Factor USA announcements &amp;quot;may surprise people&amp;quot;. The music mogul insisted that more details about the new Fox show will be &amp;quot;coming soon&amp;quot; and teased that one decision in particular could cause some shock. He told the show&amp;#039;s official YouTube page: &amp;quot;I think the next two announcements - particularly one - may surprise people, but they&amp;#039;re coming soon.&amp;quot; So far, the only confirmed judge to be appearing alongside Cowell is the former Island Def Jam chairman L.A. Reid, but there have been a host of rumoured candidates for the job, including Cheryl Cole, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna Cowell added: &amp;quot;Everybody wants to know who the judges are. There&amp;#039;s been tonnes of speculation. At the end of the day when artists come out onto that stage, they&amp;#039;ve got to look at the panel and believe that we know what we&amp;#039;re talking about and that we have the ability to give somebody, not just a hit record but a career.&amp;quot; The identity of the X Factor USA host has also been the subject of many recent reports, which have linked popstars such as Nicole Scherzinger and Enrique Iglesias to the coveted position. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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