Last year there were rumors Simon Cowell was upset with American Idol contestant Jennifer Hudson after she joined The Voice UK, a direct rival to his UK X-Factor [click here if you missed that].
Looks like the rumors were true...
From The Sun
WHEN The Voice moved to ITV, some thought its rivalry with SIMON COWELL’s X Factor might subside. But it has actually had the reverse effect.
Things are now so tense between the warring shows that Simon has banned hopefuls from singing And I Am Telling You — one of the best-known songs by Voice coach JENNIFER HUDSON.
At an X Factor audition in Manchester this week he stopped one girl part way through her version of it, telling her it was “too heavily linked to another show”.
“This one girl tried to sing And I Am Telling You, which Jennifer sang in Dreamgirls, but Simon stopped her immediately and told her to sing something else.
