the x factor 2011 audition application form process gets new twist in the usa for the american x factor 2011 fox show

the audition and application form process for the american version of x factor 2011 has been given the usa style treatment with special audition application booths put into smaller towns or areas of america that are far away from the regular american x factor 2011 audition process.

these audition booths are so americans who cannot reach the big audition events can still audition in a kind of video call or recorded type way in the smaller towns and areas of the usa.

there is of course going to be big auditions all across the usa for the x factor 2011 and i think these are already underway or will be soon but for those unlucky enough and not able to reach these be if auditions there will be these kind of audition booths available in some of the more smaller american towns, probably in the big shopping malls in these smaller usa states or towns.

the x factor audition booths will give a hopeful contestant the chance to make a 2 minute or so audition video and the chance to get to the live finals then if this video is seen and liked by the people who will judge these videos, then of course the first stage if you get through the x factor audition is to qualify for the x factor boot camp, which is more auditions in itself, but obviously the next step on trying to make it to the x factor 2011 finals.

these x factor booths will be called the mystudio.

x factor news

the x factor news for 2011 looks like there will be changes in the x factor judges this year at the uk x factor auditions stages with simon cowell returning to judge the live finals of the uk x factor this year.

this is because simon cowell will be putting more effort into the united states version of the x factor in 2011, naturally the us version of x factor will be much bigger show then the uk version, due to the fact that america is MANY times bigger then the uk.

it looks like simon cowell will just and be in all the episodes of the american x factor though.

what is kind of strange is having someone judge both the uk x factor and also the us x factor in a way.

for the uk judging panel it looks like it will stay the same with louis walsh judging the uk x factor in 2011 along with dannii minogue and the now usual guest judges in the auditions stages of x factor 2011.

what might be of doubt is will cheryl cole be judging the uk x factor or the us x factor that part is not so clear.

Back!

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I'm back after three days of intensive shopping. We shopped until 3 AM on Saturday (we ended up in Wallmart), so our feet were literally crying by the time we got back to the airplane. Everything was absolutely lovely, from all those polite, easy-going Americans, fabulous stores, and to the amazing food. I'd probably be four times my size if I lived in America! We ate breakfast twice at the Ihop - the first day (Saturday) we ate there at eight o'clock (four strips of bacon, scrambled eggs, hash brown, two pancakes, and a huge glass of orange juice), and we weren't hungry for the rest of the day. I think we ate again around 10 PM or so, some yucky food at Wallmart that I sort of just nibbled at. 

So yeah, we started out in the outlets, which may have been a mistake. The day after, we went to Target where the clothes were soooo cheap (I bought, like, 12 pajamas for my sons, each on $5 (pajamas here never go below $25)), and there were these cute little jogging pants for $7 and such. I'd bought some for $10 at the outlets, but that didn't stop me from buying more at Target! I know that the quality is better from Carters and such, but my boys grow so fast that it's pointless to buy expensive clothes for them. 

I did shop for myself as well. I bought three Levi's for $100! You can get one pair here in Iceland for no less than $160. So you see how the price difference is and why I literally lost it over there. I also bought four pairs of shoes, two purses, a wallet, loads of shirts and sweaters, belts, underwear, and anything I could get my hands on that's seriously overpriced in Iceland (Mascara for $5! It never goes below $20 in Iceland). 

We went to bookshops on the final morning. I didn't get a chance to go to Barnes & Noble (pout), but I did go to Boarders and some half-price bookshop. I bought these at Boarders: The First Five Pages, Writing Dialogue, and The Copyeditor's Handbook, which I'm really excited about. I bought these at the Half-Price Books: Building Believable Characters and Comma Sense (for a dollar). I know that these books are a lot cheaper on Amazon, but since I was only staying for 3 days, I didn't want to chance having them sent to the hotel in case I'd miss them. They're also cheaper the way I bought them, because the tax in Iceland is very high (not to mention the shipping).

Anyway! When I got home, I learned that the my PC had died for no apparent reason! I turn it on and it stays on for like five seconds and then just dies. I took it to the shop that sold it to me and they're having a look. I'm so dead if the data is ruined! All my Creative Writing assignments, and a years worth of pictures of my boys! ...I should call them and make sure they don't swipe the memory clean...

Anyway, I'll blog less until I've gotten my computer back.

Bye!

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I'm going to the USA tomorrow! The plan has changed and I'm going to Seattle. I'm so going to raid Barnes & Noble (if you see headlines in the newspapers - that'll be me!).

I'm not taking my computer with me, so that means that I won't be blogging or reading blogs for a few days. I'll be busy shopping my head off (I wanted to scream when I saw the price difference! Sometimes living in Iceland just sucks). And who knows, maybe I'll see that space thingy in the picture.

Anyway! Have a great weekend, and see you next week!

Tess

(I apologize for the excessive use of exclamation marks - but I'm going to the USA!!!!)

Laura Ling and Euna Lee released from Prison In North Korea Bill Clinton Al Gore and Barack Obama

Laura Ling and Euna Lee released from Prison In North Korea Bill Clinton Al Gore and Barack Obama, this is after bill clinton's visit to north korea and meeting with north korean president Kim Jong Il.

the two female journalists had been sentenced to 12 years hard labour, but after bill clinton's visit kim jong il released the two girls in exchange it is said for pictures with bill clinton.

some have said it was a propoganda victory for korean president kim jong il.

usa president barack obama said it was good news and would be good news for the country (america).

talks collapse in Central American country Honduras

talks collapse in Central American country Honduras, the usa said it will monitor honduras after talks in the central american country collapsed.

ousted Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya met for talks today in Costa Rica with current leader head of state Roberto Micheletti.

but the talks broke down over disagreements between the two men so the usa is gonna monitor this situation closely.

current news updates Hugo Chavez the Leftist Venezuelan President has trouble between oil trading partners usa

current news updates Hugo Chavez the Leftist Venezuelan President has trouble between oil trading partners usa, tensions still going on between usa and Venezuela though they are heavy oil trading partners, the tensions still exist between these two oil giants, Venezuela has massive oil reserves, and this is the main source of income for Venezuela and there left leaning president Hugo Chavez.

global economy faces more problems say the g8 summit

the g8 leaders say that the economy is still not recovered from recession, and recovery is not very soon yet, that there is still a way for the economy to go with the recession before recovery will start to happen, this is what the g8 leaders have warned today.

this summit is taking place in italy, the g8 listed that there is falling trade which is one of the main problems and thinks the economy will shrink some more before it starts to grow again or green shoots of recovery.

the german chanceller angela merkel "the crisis is a long way from being over. if we are lucky, then we have nearly reached the bottom".

so they are saying maybe there maybe not, politics for you.