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"Simon Cowell has predicted that boybands and girlbands will dominate the charts this year. The X Factor boss made the comment during a radio interview in the US, The Sun reports.   &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;re going to suddenly see this year the emergence of boybands and girlbands taking over the charts. We had a group called One Direction who were on X Factor UK a couple of years ago,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;Their album launched in America and debuted at number one. This band were completely unheard of but very talented.&amp;quot; Cowell went on to say that he is keen to find such a group on the next series of The X Factor USA: &amp;quot;It would be great to find the next NSync, the next Backstreet Boys, the next Destiny&amp;#039;s Child on X Factor - there is a gap in the market right now for a group like that from America.&amp;quot; He added of the upcoming season: &amp;quot;This show has got to feel very very different to last year... more controversial.&amp;quot; It was reported earlier today (May 3) that Britney Spears and Demi Lovato have finalised terms to join The X Factor USA as judges. Watch the video for the Backstreet Boys&amp;#039; &amp;#039;I Want It That Way&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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