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Nearly 30,000 dance videos were submitted and now six talented finalists age 10-16 have been chosen to show their dance moves for millions of viewers and celebrity judges on the first-ever dance talent contest exclusively for kids and teenagers: “Make Your Mark: The Ultimate Dance-Off Shake It Up”. At the “Make Your Mark: The Ultimate Dance-Off Shake It Up” Edition, Selena Gomez, along with Sean Kingston and Rosero McCoy, is one of the judges. The show aired on October 14th, on the Disney Channel. Continue

Cheryl Cole is an English pop and R&B recording artist, songwriter, dancer, actress and model. Cole became a judge on the British televised singing competition “The X Factor” in 2008. It was announced that Cole would leave the UK version of “The X Factor” for the upcoming American version of the show. However, just weeks into filming the auditions, it was reported that Cole had been axed from the show without any detail reason of her leaving and replacement with Nicole Scherzinger. Fox reality TV chief executive Mike Darnell has revealed that he has “no regrets” over Cheryl Cole’s sacking from “The X Factor USA”.

“It’s easy to love the one that’s gone, but Nicole is great too. Both are stunning but also very different. No regrets. But I also love Cheryl,” he said to media. Meanwhile Nicole, who gave a joint interview with Simon Cowell, insisted it hadn’t been uncomfortable to take Cheryl’s judging role after they’d worked together. She said, “Actually the judges and the hosts… I mean the schedule is grueling and we’re in two different areas so I didn’t actually get to work with her that much.” However, “The X Factor” fans are watching and waiting the performance of the new judge to prove that the reality show executives made an accurate decision to choose her to be the “The X Factor” judge.

“The X Factor” is a television talent show franchise originating in the United Kingdom, where it was planned as a replacement for “Pop Idol”. The singing competition is now held in various countries searching for talented singers who are drawn from public audition. The show, which had network competitors fearing that Fox could compete with the other singing contest like the size of “American Idol,” performed well in an objective sense. The show has attracted about 12.5 million viewers and scored an average 4.2 rating in the 18- to 49-year-old audiences that Fox mostly sells to advertisers.

The success of “The X-Factor” developing its record to be viewed by millions U.S viewers are with regard for the judges. They are L. A Reid, Nicole Scherzinger, Paula Abdul and the well-known vicious judge, Simon Cowell who have a great job on giving constructive criticism and censure for the contestants on the several audition places like L.A, Chicago, Newark, Miami, Dallas and Seattle. It has been reported that Mariah Carey will join Cowell to choose his finalists. Rihanna has also been confirmed to be a guest mentor; she will help Reid choose his finalists. Footage from Judges’ houses will be aired on October 12, 13 and 18 while on October 25, the judges will reveal their finalists.