Popjustice
  • Home
    • Briefing archive
  • Features
  • Playlists
  • Get Popjustice emails
  • About Popjustice
    • About
    • Popjustice: Est 2000
    • The Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize
  • Contact
    • General contact details
    • Submit music
  • Forum
Recent Posts
  • Congratulations to Charli XCX and Lorde: winners of the 2024 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize
  • The 2024 Twenty Quid Music Prize: Shortlist
  • The 2023 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: Shortlist
  • Fine, let's do a Substack then.
  • The 2022 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: shortlist
Hello! In theory you should only be seeing this if you're using a mobile or tablet. How's the site looking? If anything's wonky click here and tell us so we can fix it. Thanks! x
Popjustice
  • Briefing
  • Features
  • Playlists
    • New Music Friday: The Popjustice Edit
    • Big Hit Energy
    • 21st Century Pop
    • 2018% Solid Pop Music
    • Full archive
  • About
    • About Popjustice
    • Contacting Popjustice
    • Send music
    • Popjustice: Est 2000
    • The Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize
  • Forum
  • The News

Nicole Scherzinger isn't going to play Mother to her X Factor contestants okay

  • August 21, 2012
  • Sam Hine

Notorious destroyer of childhood dreams Nicole Scherzinger isn't going to mother her lucky X Factor contestants.

The 'AmenJena' hitmaker spoke about her approach to The X Factor this year (quoted here), saying: “We are not their mums – we are their mentors.”

Tulisa is also quoted as saying she will "crack the whip" whilst "also [making] space for play-time".

Someone's been reading that book you see ladies reading on the Tube, hasn't she?

“It’s not meant to be a gruelling military operation," she pointed out, "You are meant to be ful­filling your dreams and you have to enjoy that.”

Hm…

  • Nicole Scherzinger
  • tulisa
Previous Article
  • The News

Avril Lavigne's fifth album is done

  • August 21, 2012
  • Sam Hine
Have a read
Next Article
  • The News

Ciara has revealed the artwork for her next single

  • August 21, 2012
  • Sam Hine
Have a read
Further listening
Greatest hits
  • The full-length actual Mutya Keisha Siobhan interview
  • Interview: What sort of man is Ryan Tedder?
  • Marina & The Diamonds interview: "Everyone’s vapid to a degree"
Further reading
  • 1
    Congratulations to Charli XCX and Lorde: winners of the 2024 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize
  • 2
    The 2024 Twenty Quid Music Prize: Shortlist
  • 3
    The 2023 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: Shortlist
  • 4
    Fine, let's do a Substack then.
  • 5
    The 2022 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: shortlist
  • 6
    2021 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: Laura Mvula wins
Est 2000. Still going.
Socials

 Spotify
 Facebook
 Twitter
 Instagram
 Soundcloud

'Quick links'

About Popjustice
Contact Popjustice
Sign up for the newsletter 
Submit music
Est 2000
Twenty Quid Music Prize 

Playlists

21st Century Pop 
New Music Friday: The Popjustice Edit 
2018% Solid Pop Music 
The Sound Of Popjustice 
Playlist archive

© 2020 Popjustice Ltd. Scrolled to the bottom now you're here
  • Privacy, Ts & Cs, cookies etc
  • Corrections

Input your search keywords and press Enter.