Ex-X Factor Singer States He Cut Deal For His Exit

First Launched: November 2, 2011 11:41 AM EDT Credit: FOX Caption Dexter Haygood, 49, works as you're watching idol idol judges and thousands of audience people round the X Factor, which broadcast September 22, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Former The X Factor contestant Dexter Haygood mentioned he wasnt pressed off Foxs new singing contest. He hopped. Haygood was among five participants removed within the show the other day. Nevertheless the rock singer while using James Brown rasp mentioned that what audiences saw didnt reflect the whole story, plus a behind-the-moments agreement to be sure the quick exit he wanted. According to Haygood, 49, who was simply part of mentor-judge Nicole Scherzingers group old 30-plus participants, he told Scherzinger a couple of days before last Wednesdays live show demonstrate that he was dissatisfied with X Factor. I desired to go away the show because I used to be unhappythat I used to be unable to be a rock artist. I had been elevated on rock, mentioned Haygood, of Memphis, Tenn., who loved the spotlight inside the eighties as frontman for your rock group Xavion, which along with sooner or later with Hall&Oates. Being referred to as onto do pop tunes for instance Beyonces Crazy in love with one another and Katy Perrys I Kissed a lady was irritating, Haygood mentioned: Is it possible to imagine Steven Tyler, Mick Jagger, James Brown, doing (the Crazy in love with one another chorus) uh oh uh oh uh? Producers made an appearance to acquire their method things. I don't know why they wouldnt let me be me, he mentioned Tuesday. Scherzinger, former part of the Pussycat Dolls, needed his complaint for the shows producers and came back within 24 hrs by getting a deal, according to Haygood: He'd be came back on Thursdays results show if he made the decision to come back for your season finale. Neither Scherzinger nor Fox immediately taken proper care of immediately demands for comment. Haygood mentioned he was contractually sure to stick to this program and wouldnt have quit, but he appreciated the out he was presented with no matter the $5 million record contract that visits the champion. They (producers) needed the opportunity to chop me, to permit me just fly and do things the means by which If only to complete them, mentioned Haygood, who mentioned he communicated simply with Scherzinger and didnt talk right to the producers, including series creator Simon Cowell. Cowell left Foxs The The American Idol Show Show so he could launch the U.S. version in the X Factor, his hit British singing contest. Fox gave X Factor a luxurious marketing launch nevertheless the show hasnt were living around the 20 million weekly audiences predicted by Cowell, with 12.millions of watching last Tuesdays show. Although Haygood mentioned he was ready to play along before he was cut, he made a decision he owed it to themselves and fans he gained through X Key to tell his side of occasions. More youthful crowd expressed frustration with simply how much the show layed out his difficult conditions, including living couch to couch in Memphis since he lost his where you can house foreclosures in 2007. I used to be treated a great deal a lot more like a personality than the usual painter. That is TV, they require an excellent story, you understand? Nonetheless they needed might I didn't obtain the chance to become painter. I used to be carrying out a couple of a few things i wouldn't do, he mentioned. For your roughly 2 days he's at La, he was paid out $250 for expenses, another $500 for your live show and cab fare for his ride for the airport terminal terminal after he was cut, Haygood mentioned. He voiced appreciation for your exposure X Factor gave him, which put him in contact with people of his old band. They are in talks for just about any comeback tour and may show on the summer season-ender of X Factor, he mentioned. The idol idol judges are excellent, he mentioned, including Cowell, whom he referred to as a great guy. They understood me even though they couldnt produce a few things i wanted, Haygood mentioned. Copyright 2011 with the Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.