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"Steve Jones will not be fired as The X Factor USA&amp;#039;s host, according to his spokesperson. Jones&amp;#039;s future on the series was thrown into doubt this week when an X Factor insider told The Mirror that the Welsh presenter will likely be sacked following Thursday (December 22)&amp;#039;s first season finale.  The source claimed: &amp;quot;The executives at Fox have already decided not to renew his contract and so, short of a miracle happening, it is pretty much a done deal that he will not take part next season.&amp;quot; A spokesperson for Jones has denied the validity of those claims, insisting to ET Online that the host has no plans to leave The X Factor. Jones&amp;#039;s rep commented to the website: &amp;quot;The Mirror story is a fabrication that we would have corrected had we been called for comment. There have been absolutely no conversations about Steve Jones leaving The X Factor. &amp;quot;Steve is very happy with the outcome of this season and he looks forward to being back and discovering more talent in the New Year.&amp;quot;  Jones himself joked about the firing rumors during an interview on British television program Daybreak on Tuesday (December 20). &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m happy with the way I performed over the course of the series, and hopefully Simon Cowell is as well,&amp;quot; Jones said. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s difficult to gauge Simon because he only ever approaches you and talks to you when you&amp;#039;ve done anything wrong.&amp;quot; Cowell has admitted that he was too &amp;quot;cocky&amp;quot; while promoting the first season of The X Factor earlier this year and acknowledged that it&amp;#039;s going to take &amp;quot;a little bit longer&amp;quot; for the US version of the series to match its UK success. Melanie Amaro, Josh Krajcik and Chris Rene compete for The X Factor&amp;#039;s $5m grand prize on the two-night finale, airing tonight and Thursday, December 22 at 8/7c on Fox. &amp;gt; Simon Cowell: &amp;#039;X Factor USA final will have the greatest talent&amp;#039; &amp;gt; X Factor USA: Nicole Scherzinger won&amp;#039;t commit future to show Watch Nicole Scherzinger perform &amp;#039;Pretty&amp;#039; on last week&amp;#039;s X Factor results show below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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