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"The X Factor USA judge LA Reid has suggested that the time is right for him to leave the Fox series. Reid&amp;#039;s act Tate Stevens won The X Factor&amp;#039;s $5 million prize over Carly Rose Sonenclar on Thursday (December 20), ensuring that the music mogul&amp;#039;s final season was successful.  Speaking to Access Hollywood after Thursday&amp;#039;s taping, Reid was asked if he is regretting leaving The X Factor given Stevens&amp;#039;s grand final triumph. &amp;quot;No. What other way [is there] to leave than to leave a winner?&amp;quot; he replied. Reid continued: &amp;quot;You always have to know when to bow out. You bow out when you are on top.&amp;quot; He was also asked to offer some advice to whoever replaces him on The X Factor&amp;#039;s judging panel. &amp;quot;My advice is that I hope whoever my successor is really loves music and really loves talent,&amp;quot; he commented. &amp;quot;[I hope my replacement] really gets into it and really sort of makes his judgements based on a musical emotion instead of an intellectual [style of] trying to find words.&amp;quot;  Simon Cowell has been coy about the likelihood of fellow judges Demi Lovato and Britney Spears returning next year, but has said that he enjoyed working with them both. The X Factor USA returns for a third season in 2013. &amp;gt; X Factor USA: A look back at Britney and Demi&amp;#039;s first season &amp;gt; X Factor USA: Five things we liked most about season two Photo gallery - X Factor USA finale:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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