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"John Legend has said that he thinks new X Factor USA judges Britney Spears and Demi Lovato &amp;quot;aren&amp;#039;t really singers&amp;quot;. The musician - who will star as a mentor in ABC&amp;#039;s new reality singing competition Duets - says that he thinks that the Fox show will be &amp;quot;interesting&amp;quot; with the former Disney stars on the panel.   Legend told E! News: &amp;quot;You know, it&amp;#039;s interesting. It should be very interesting. I don&amp;#039;t have much to say. It&amp;#039;s interesting when people you know... are judging singing competitions when they aren&amp;#039;t really singers. It&amp;#039;s interesting.&amp;quot; However, Legend&amp;#039;s Duets co-star Robin Thicke has supported both Spears and Lovato. Thicke said: &amp;quot;Oh come on, everything Britney does, she excels at. Demi is a lovely young lady, and I&amp;#039;m sure they&amp;#039;ll do nothing but make the show a lot more fun to watch.&amp;quot; Kelly Clarkson - who will also be working with the pair on the upcoming talent show - agreed that the two bring positivity to the program. She added: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m excited for both of them. I&amp;#039;m a big fan of both of them. Both of those girls are super sweet.  &amp;quot;I think it&amp;#039;s fun for them too to just be more out in the public eye again. I think those two are two you really want to root for and you really want them to succeed, so I think that&amp;#039;s exciting.&amp;quot; The original American Idol winner continued: &amp;quot;Obviously they are both performers so... I think that show really needs it. I don&amp;#039;t think everybody latched onto that show like they thought they would.&amp;quot; Meanwhile the first American X Factor winner Melanie Amaro revealed that she thought the show&amp;#039;s boss made the right decision at a showcase for former X Factor UK contestant Cher Lloyd. Amaro said: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m really happy Simon chose two wonderful people. I think Demi&amp;#039;s going to bring that youthful thing, and then because Britney&amp;#039;s so experienced in the music business, I think she&amp;#039;ll do very well. I&amp;#039;m very happy and I&amp;#039;m looking forward to both of them!&amp;quot; Watch the music video for &amp;#039;Ordinary People&amp;#039; by John Legend below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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