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[photogallerylink id=55193 align=left]The auditions for Simon Cowell’s new FOX show “X-Factor” are next week at the Sears Center in Hoffman Estates.  Eddie and Jobo talked to Simon Cowell this morning about what he’s looking for in contestants, how this show will be different from American Idol, whether he got bored as an Idol judge and more.  Eddie and Jobo even get Simon to reveal some secrets about X-Factor that you wont hear anywhere else!