Abdul, Scherzinger & Jones All Not Returning For Season 2

Abdul, Scherzinger and jones are leaving X factor.  of course this is hardly the first time an X Factor US cast member has been unceremoniously and publicly dumped.  Back in May 2011, another longtime Simon sidekick, original judge Cheryl Cole after taping only a few early audition episodes was fired, despite the fact that she'd quit "The X Factor U.K." 
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