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Critics see Nicole as a 'downgrade' from Cheryl
Thursday 22 September 2011
Remember the big hoo-ha earlier this year when Simon sacked Cheryl from the US X Factor? Not sure you could forget that one really. Well, looks like that may have been a big mistake as critics have said that replacement, Nicole Scherzinger is a 'downgrade' from the Geordie lass.
Cheryl Cole has had an overwhelming response from U.S. critics who hail her as the better judge over pop singer Nicole Scherzinger.
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Many prestigious tv citics branded Nicole a 'downgrade' from the British star, who appears in approximately half of the programme before she is replaced.
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'The opening episode gives a surprising amount of screen time to Cheryl Cole, a British pop star whom Mr Cowell jettisoned from the panel last spring, in the middle of auditions,' said Neil Glenzinger of the New York Times.
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'In the premiere she just kind of disappears midshow, without much explanation, and suddenly Nicole Scherzinger of Pussycat Dolls is in her chair.
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'It?s a downgrade. Ms Cole showed glimmers of being interesting; in two seasons as a judge on The Sing-Off on NBC, Ms. Scherzinger was a pretty face but, judicially speaking, not much more than a seat warmer. '
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Mary McNamara from the LA Times is equally unimpressed with Nicole: ?Cowell has said he replaced Cole because she seemed 'bewildered,' but on a first impression, she is much more interesting than Scherzinger, if only for her fabulous Geordie accent,' she writes.
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'In early scenes [Nicole] seems more interested in tearing up and out-glamming Idol?s Jennifer Lopez than bringing much to the commentary.'
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And USA Today writer Robert Bianco seems similarly bewildered by the loss of Cheryl, writing that: 'Factor doesn't tell you why Cole was replaced or show you why she had to be.
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'Scherzinger does seem both a bit sharper and more effusive in her comments, but that can be chalked up to editing,' he adds.
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'Which is why, by the way, it would be wise to withhold judgements on the panel until we get to the live shows and we see how they really deal with time pressures and with one another.'
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In a recent interview with Piers Morgan, Cowell said: ?She looked a bit bewildered. You come to a country like America, it's a bit deal, takes a while to adjust.
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'And I took the view, along with a few other people, that she would have been more comfortable back in the UK.'
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We bet he's eating his words now, eh!
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