As is well documented now, Simon Cowell was pretty unsatisfied with the last series of the UK X Factor and criticised several elements of it, including Gary Barlow’s judging skills, which he labelled as “wooden.” Mind you, he couldn’t have found the singer’s talents on the programme too objectionable as he’s hired him to act as a judge again. The two had a face-to-face chat recently where they cleared the air over tension between them. Gary, who was spotted making his way to the BBC studios for an interview earlier, revealed: “I had a big review with Simon about the show and the acts. He never talks about what you say as a judge he’s always about the acts. "He says we’ve got to find more stars, we’ve got to develop them, we’ve got to look back at the tapes from last year and see if there are people we’ve missed. “It’s always about the talent. It’s the same reason I’m here for, finding talent, especially on X Factor where people walk from the streets and everyone gets a chance with us. “The idea that we can walk out and half an hour later this amazing talent walks onto the stage - that’s why I am here.” Gary also added that allowing people to do the show who have management deals will up the ante in the competition. “I think it will have a good effect because I’m expecting the level of talent to go up” he explained. “That means the people who do walk off the street and have to compete with that talent have to learn quickly.” Yeah, but is that really what X Factor is supposed to be “about”? Or are they just trying to keep up with The Voice now?














Posted: 25/05/2012
http://www.mrpaparazzi.com/post/19243/Gary-Barlow--Simon-Cowell-have-cleared-the-air--thankfully