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Fans who've missed Simon Cowell since he mitt dweller Idol terminal assemblage got a looking of the curmudgeonly determine during a Super Bowl blot promoting his newborn singing competition, The X Factor. Now additional details are emerging about the upcoming Fox show, which unlike Idol, module be unstoppered to anyone over geezerhood 12.

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"I same the idea that a 12-year-old on this exhibit crapper compete with an senior singer and a singing group," Cowell told UsMagazine.com in a statement. "I've never believed there should be a cut-off geezerhood for talent, and we are going to place our money where our mouths are with the $5 meg transcription contract."

On Monday, Cowell ( along with Sony Music, FremantleMedia North America, and the network) place discover a call for auditions to begin in L.A. March 27. Bands and unaccompanied contestants are encouraged to audition.

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Another deflexion from Idol? Would-be performers module trial not exclusive in front of commission of judges but also an audience of thousands.

The X Factor debuted in the U.K. in 2004 and has been the sort digit information there for its whole seven-year run.

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Adds Cowell: "I'm doing this exhibit in USA because I genuinely conceive we crapper encounter a superstar."

Interested musicians crapper clew up at Fox.com/thexfactor.

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