RUMOR!: Simon Cowell wants Britney and Mariah together in the X Factor!

Simon Cowell wants Britney Spears and Mariah Carey as jurors of the U.S. version of X Factor, at least so says the headline in the Sunday World newspaper: "Cowell tries to rescue the U.S. talent show, offering to Spears and Carey 30 million each for jurors are new."

In 2011, between September and December, during which the program was aired by Fox, singers Cheryl Cole, Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger of the program passed by the bench, but none seems to have actually pleased the audience.