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I can see it playing out like that. I’d love a decent normal series but I think Cowell needs to be off-screen for that. Hopefully a back-to-basics approach either way with minimal (obvious at least) manipulation.
Longer term if The X Factor does end up returning next year as supposedly planned and as if it was never axed then being missing this year won't seem so unusual considering the situation, and perhaps the break (effectively two years considering the show as we knew it didn't air last year) will do it good - though only if Cowell has learned from it. Which he probably hasn't.
I can see it playing out like that. I’d love a decent normal series but I think Cowell needs to be off-screen for that. Hopefully a back-to-basics approach either way with minimal (obvious at least) manipulation.