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"Simon Cowell has dismissed reports that George Michael will be a judge on The X Factor USA. A newspaper yesterday claimed that the ex-Wham! singer had signed up to join Cowell on the panel when the show launches in America later next year. However, Extra reports that the music mogul denied Michael&amp;#039;s involvement in an interview with his ex-girlfriend and close friend Terri Seymour.  Last month, Cowell promised that he would make a &amp;quot;surprise&amp;quot; announcement before the end of December. &amp;gt; Mick Jagger, Noel Gallagher for X Factor USA? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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