L.A. Reid to Return to X Factor

There isn’t any official word from Fox yet, but The Hollywood Reporter says it’s a done deal. L.A. Reid survived the bloodbath and will be back as a judge on The X Factor. The news of his return comes just days after judges Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul and the show’s host, Steve Jones, were shown the door.
 
So, we now know Simon Cowell and L.A. Reid will take up two seats on the judges’ panel, but who will fill the two empty chairs? Rumor has it that Mariah Carey could possibly be taking on the task of mentoring aspiring singers on season 2 of The X Factor. As for those reports of Cowell wooing Beyonce with a huge multi-million offer, THR is saying there’s no truth to those rumors.