Simon Cowell Splashes $500,000 on a Luxurious Hotel for X Factor Hopefuls

Simon Cowell spent $500,000 to rent a fancy hotel for X Factor USA hopefuls.

The music mogul upgraded the singers from ‘normal’ accommodation to a lavish hotel to reward them for making it so far in the competition.

According to TMZ, Cowell treated the contestants to a stay in the exclusive Mondrian Miami South Beach Hotel and offered to pay for their meals before insisting they lap up the luxury.

X Factor USA is currently filming the boot camp scenes where the judges narrow down a huge number of singers to a few finalists.

Fox released a promotional shot of X Factor USA season two earlier this week.

Fox released a promotional shot of the X Factor USA Judges this week. 

Fox have dramatically shaken up the judging panel with the sacking of Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul. The pair have been replaced with pop sensation Britney Spears and Disney favourite Demi Lovato.

The show will debut in the US in less than a month.