There are several reports saying that Britney Spears’ time on X-Factor may be coming to an end. Sources are saying that Spears has told the show she is not going to be returning for Season 3. The sources are also saying that Spears quit after learning she was going to be fired for what they call an underwhelming performance in the first two seasons according to the Hollywood Reporter.
While there has been no official announcement as of yet, it is being reported in virtually all the gossip columns that the pop star is done with the show.
TMZ first broke the story about Spears’ potential exit by saying that the top management of the show was tired of the constant criticism that Spears was bringing to the show. Ratings for the show have gone down by double-digits since it first launched, and a large portion of the criticisms were that it was Spears that was the most heavily criticized.
Fox officially has no comment as of yet about the firing either. They have announced that the show was given the green light for Season 3. Even though her departure is imminent from the show, Fox Entertainment chairman Kevin Reilly had nothing but nice things to say about Britney Spears.
Reilly said at Tuesday’s executive session at the Television Critics Association gathering in Pasadena:
“I think Britney did a really good job. Maybe some people were waiting for more drastic displays of some nature that never came, so for those expecting that, it didn’t happen. … She’s just an interesting figure who’s lived a unique life, and I thought she brought some of that.”
Britney was paid $15 million dollars for the first two seasons of the show and is said to now be focusing on trying to act in her first sitcom.
