Official: Simon Cowell Out of 'The X Factor' U.K.

It is now official that Simon Cowell is not going to sit as a weekly judge on the U.K. version of "The X Factor" when it returns for an eighth series later this year. The reason is none other than his commitment to the new U.S. version which is due to premiere in September, roughly a month after the U.K. version's. Nonetheless, Cowell is still a part of the show in some capacity. "We have been in