It's official: Kelly Rowland and Paulino Rubio have signed on to join the next season of The X Factor.
Rumors that the Destiny's Child singer and Latin singer would sign on to replace Britney Spears and L.A. Reid surfaced last week. Fox has officially announced that Rowland and Rubio will join the team.
According to Reality TV World, Simon Cowell released a statement following the news saying, "It's taken more than a decade, but I'm delighted to finally be on a panel with three girls (I think!). Paulina and Kelly both have great taste and massive experience in the music industry and together with Demi, this is going to be a fun panel. It just feels like the time to do something different.”
Rowland also gushed about the opportunity to join Cowell and returning judge Demi Lovato in a press release saying, “I am very excited to be reuniting with Simon Cowell and THE X FACTOR family...It feels great to be able to take this journey here at home in the states!”
Adds Rubio, who is noted as one of Latin's most influential contemporary artists, “I love THE X FACTOR! I can’t wait to find the next big music star here in America,” added Rubio. “I’m so thrilled to be part of the show as a judge. Simon, be careful what you wish for, let’s see if you are ready to handle me, empieza la fiesta, amigo!”
Are you excited for Rowland and Rubio to join the X Factor panel?
image: FOX
There has been a critical error on your website.<\/p>
Learn more about debugging in WordPress.<\/a><\/p>","data":{"status":500},"additional_errors":[]}