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"Mariah Carey has been tapped to become a mentor on The X Factor USA.  X Factor USA head Simon Cowell confirmed that Mariah Carey would be involved in the competition in some capacity earlier this year. A source on the show has now revealed that Carey could become a mentor for the contestants, according to Entertainment Weekly.  &amp;quot;Mariah and Simon are great friends, and now [that] she has had her babies, it&amp;#039;s very possible that she will be involved [in] some way in the later stages of the show,&amp;quot; the source said. &amp;quot;She has always said she wanted to work with the show, so it&amp;#039;s something they will certainly be discussing ideas for soon.&amp;quot; UK X Factor regular Sinitta recently threatened to kick up a fuss if Carey becomes Cowell&amp;#039;s X Factor USA co-mentor. The popstar worked alongside Cowell on the ITV version of the show during the Judges&amp;#039; Houses stage of the competition.  A special preview of the new series is expected to air next week before a Major Baseball All-Star game.  The X Factor USA premieres in September on Fox.  Watch the video for Mariah Carey&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Obsessed&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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