Judges Interview

Question: Has Britney taken over from Simon as the mean judge?

Simon: ‘She’s a very good judge; mean, harsh, makes me look nice. They are definitely the queens of mean. That’s what we call them.’

Britney: ‘I’m hard to please.’

Simon: ‘It’s worked well, but I’ve worked with girl judges that just will not say no. This one can’t say it quick enough.’

Britney: ‘Yeah, it’s a different side to me definitely. I learned from the best’, refers to Simon.

Question to Britney and Demi – Would you have auditioned for the X Factor when you were up and coming?

Britney: ‘Yes definitely, oh definitely. I would have been one of those kids’.

Demi: ‘Absolutely. I think when I was younger I would have taken it from Simon. But now I’m just like, you know what, he’s awesome to work with, and he’s fun’.

Britney: ‘I think One Direction is doing amazingly. They came from X Factor and they’re huge right now -and all the girls…! I have to say I’m really genuinely interested in them right now and I think they’re great.’

A lot of people choice to sing your songs at the auditions, how did you find that?

Britney: ‘It was flattering, but most of them were not really that great. It’s kind of hard to be like…. !.’

Simon: ‘And I would let them go on for as long as I possibly could to increase the torture, and Britney would be looking at me being like stop the song, and I’m like nope.’

Britney: ‘He was absolutely adorable and he is so sweet. I guess it was meant to be. He’s just a funny guy. I love working with him, I had no idea what to expect to work with Simon. I just knew he had reputation for being a little ‘blunt’, so they say, but he’s adorable. I actually really respect the fact that he says what he thinks and he doesn’t really care what anyone else thinks. I really really respect that. I’ve learned from the best. He uses constructive criticism, he’s honest and I find that very appealing, I like to follow after that. I’m usually siding with Simon and Simon is usually on my side with a lot of things. We are kind of in agreement in the direction and what we think a star should be.’

Britney, how have you found working on the x Factor as a judge?

Britney: ‘I had no idea what to expect, but it was fun, it was amazing. I was really nervous, especially the first show. I’ve never done anything like this before and it was just a ball. Simon, Demi, LA and I just have so much fun together; it’s a lot of fun.’

Britney, did you find it difficult criticizing others?

Britney: ‘I feel like if it was me I’d just want someone to be honest with me so I try to be honest. I wouldn’t want to waste years of my life if I was no good. I’d want to know but yes it can get kind of hard sometimes because you know they are really into it and they feel like that is there dream and that’s what they want to do, and to actually have to really tell someone their dream is going to have to wait it’s a hard thing to do because they love what they do and you can tell.’

Simon, what is the dynamic like this year with the judges Demi and Britney vs last year?

Simon: ‘Very, very different. I like the fact that they both came into this not know the process. I’d worked with Paula before and she was very fun to work with, Nicole had done the show with me before, but these two came in not knowing what this was going to be like at all. ‘

Britney ‘At all, we were both so nervous we were holding each other’s hand before we walked out. ‘