LAST EDITED ON 10-28-11 AT 07:49 AM (EST)Simon and Reid just got the reveal.
http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/698651/la-reid-and-simon-cowell-answer-jim-cantiellos-burning-questions.jhtml#id=1672066
Great shocked expressions, aren't they? Wonder how many takes that needed... And for whatever it's worth, Perez Hilton has picked up stolen the Worster's article, so the story is getting that much closer to the mainstream.
What this means is that the panel can no longer claim they had no idea. Half of it now has some sort of concept to carefully ignore and deliberately forget -- or, if the backlash builds, call attention to on stage. If there's any backlash at all. And that's still in doubt.
Even so -- tick. tick. tick.