After two months apart, 
The X Factor finalists Fifth Harmony 
are back in unison as they hit the
recording studio for their first sessions 
as an official group…read more here

L.A. Reid has signed the girl group Fifth Harmony [from season 2 of X-factor] to Epic Records via Syco Music. The group is comprised of  Ally Brooke, Camila Cabello, Normani Hamilton, Dinah Jane Hansen and Lauren Jauregui
[via The Hollywood Reporter]

via MTV:
“After a lackluster turn on the show in which Britney Spears failed to goose ratings for Simon Cowell’s reality singing competition The X Factor, sources close to the production confirmed to MTV News on Thursday (January 10) that the singer has quit the show because she knew she would not be asked to return for this fall’s third season. Spears will be a one-termer after ratings for the show’s second season suffered a double-digit dip last year”

the unlikely couple…
X-Factor boss Simon Cowell and Carmen
Electra out together last night in West Hollywood…

According to TMZ Simon Cowell 
has made his decision and he wants 
Khloe Kardashian  to host “X Factor” and
it’s now in the hands of FOX…read more here

Randy Jackson

 is officially leaving the judge’s table

on American Idol but will still remain a part

of the show as a “mentor.” Randy is the last

remaining member of the show’s original panel after

launching the first season with Simon Cowell

and Paula Abdul in 2002. [via TMZ]