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Molly
Ryan Seacrest packed his bags after
hosting NYE in NYC and traveled to St. Barts to join Simon Cowell
on vacation. The boys were out for some
shirtless fun on their jet-skis yesterday, but later on Ryan was all dried off to go for a stroll with his lady friend.
Simon Cowell's life is pretty sweet at the moment: with Alexandra Burke
at number one and The X Factor
soaring in popularity again, it's no wonder he's smiling so wide on that jet ski in the Caribbean. He's
on holiday with Sinitta, who has said she's going to play matchmaker for her pal and
find him his perfect woman. He'll be back to work very soon though: our friends in the US will get to see Simon, Randy and Paula plus
new judge Kara DioGuardi on 13 Jan.
Update: Sorry, images removed.
Simon Cowell went
shirtless on Thursday as he tanned outside his vacation home in Barbados with a fruity cocktail in hand. He appears to have been living the life of a bachelor since
splitting with Terri Seymour a few months ago, but he's no longer rolling solo — he's currently traveling with his married ex-girlfriend, the British singer Sinitta, and her two kids.
Alexandra Burke won
The X Factor last night, after some truly outstanding performances. Her duet with Beyonce was incredible, made even more so by how absolutely in awe of her idol Alexandra seemed. Beyonce's reassuring hugs after their breathtaking performance of "Listen" were touching, and their duet really blew Boyzone and Eoghan Quigg, and Westlife and JLS out of the water.
This is it everyone — it's time for
The X Factor Final where Alexandra Burke, Eoghan Quigg and JLS will battle to become the winner of this series, win a record contract and release a cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah"! EDIT: Alexandra Burke has won!!
It's
rumoured that Beyonce, Boyzone and Westlife will be performing with the acts tonight, but we'll have to wait and see!
It's time for
The X Factor Semi Final!!
I'll be popping in and out of the comments thread to chat during the first live show at 7.00pm until 8.15pm, then we'll all take the break between the shows, and then get right back on The X Factor discussion when the second show starts at 8.45pm until 9.15pm.
Feel free to leave comments and your thoughts when I'm not here to discuss, as I will check back and I'm sure plenty of PopSugarUK readers will be interested in your input and will have something to say back!
Wow, what an amazing party guestlist PR guru Matthew Freud had for his festive shindig last night! Famous faces showing up at his dinner party included Mick Jagger, Kevin Spacey, Guy Ritchie, Trudie Styler, Lily Allen and Jemima Khan! Can you imagine the topics over the dinner table?
