Last night, Britney filmed her very first episode of X Factor. That’s exciting, right? But how did she do? That’s where it starts to get not so exciting anymore, guys. Because it doesn’t sound like she did too great.
From E! Online:
Spears’ first X Factor comment from the judging panel? The 30-year-old told a teen boy he could be bigger than Justin Bieber!
The “Womanizer” singer remained sweet and calm, only giving two no’s during the auditions. Her harshest critique for one poor chap who had no chance of getting through was, “I feel like you need a new teacher to teach you how to sing.”
Other than that, she found something nice to say to ever hopeful. “Texas has a lot of talent – seriously!” she tweeted. “Loving @TheXFactorUSA auditions so far.”
Spears sat in the seat once filled by Paula Abdul with Demi Lovato taking the place of Nicole Scherzinger.
Lovato proved to be fun and feisty, often taking jabs at Simon Cowell and his age. She even went so far as to call him, “grandpa.” “OMG!!! This is so much fun! #XfactorUSA,” she tweeted.
About 14 soloists and groups sang for the judges. The X Factor peeps have asked us not to spoil the upcoming season by reporting who did and didn’t make it to the next round.
After the tenth contestant, Spears was escorted backstage—and she didn’t come back for the last four hopefuls.
We’re being told she wanted to take a break.
None of the other judges mentioned her sudden departure—even when some in the crowd shouted, “Where’s Britney?!”
That sounds about right. Was there ever any doubt that Britney would be the sweet one, the one who said yes to everyone? But that last bit, that’s pretty sad. Sarah just told you yesterday about how Britney apparently gets way too anxious way too easily, and if she was escorted backstage before the show was finished taping, then that doesn’t seem like a good sign, does it? I can’t even imagine the pressure she’s under right now, but I think I can imagine a few possible scenarios of how this whole thing is going to end up happening, and none of them are the triumphant, happy endings I was thinking of when Britney first signed on.
I think Simon Cowell hired her because he knew people would watch to see when and how Britney would break down. Maybe she will leave the show before anything too dramatic happens.