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"Can Britney Spears handle the pressure of live TV?\r\nAs one of two new judges on The X Factor, the pop icon, 30, is off to a rocky start. &amp;quot;Doing X Factor may lead her back into meltdown territory,&amp;quot; a source recently told Us Weekly. &amp;quot;She gets extremely nervous and anxious. She&amp;apos;s hard on herself and not very confident.&amp;quot;\r\nEven positive developments like her engagement to Jason Trawick, 40, can send her over the edge. &amp;quot;For her, it&amp;apos;s all an input as stress,&amp;quot; the source explains. &amp;quot;This is a lot of change at once for Britney. She&amp;apos;s coming undone.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nTo her credit, Spears -- who has sold more than 100 million records worldwide -- has slowly rebuilt her career since her 10-day stay in the UCLA Medical Center psychiatric ward in early 2008. Her two post-crisis albums, 2008&amp;apos;s Circus and 2011&amp;apos;s Femme Fatale, went platinum, and she spent seven months on tour promoting the latter.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Jason and Britney&amp;apos;s family wouldn&amp;apos;t let her do X Factor if she couldn&amp;apos;t handle it,&amp;quot; an insider countered. &amp;quot;At first they weren&amp;apos;t going to let her because she couldn&amp;apos;t do live TV -- they didn&amp;apos;t know what she would say. But they went over it with Britney, and they trust her.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nX Factor creator and fellow judge Simon Cowell, 52, isn&amp;apos;t worried about Spears&amp;apos; unpredictability. &amp;quot;The network is using Christina Aguilera on The Voice as an argument for her,&amp;quot; an industry insider told Us. &amp;quot;They&amp;apos;re saying the show needs a bankable pop star who will get viewers watching, whether they think she&amp;apos;s ridiculous of they love her. It&amp;apos;s definitely about tapping into Spears&amp;apos; fan base.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nDespite her nerves, Spears &amp;quot;wants to do a good job,&amp;quot; a source insists. &amp;quot;There is always apprehension about something you haven&amp;apos;t done before, but she&amp;apos;s looking forward to proving all the doubters wrong.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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