Ex-X Factor Singer States He Cut Deal For His Exit

First Released: November 2, 2011 11:41 AM EDT Credit: FOX Caption Dexter Haygood, 49, works while watching idol judges and 1000's of audience people around the X Factor, which broadcast September 22, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Former The X Factor contestant Dexter Haygood stated he wasnt pressed off Foxs new singing contest. He leaped. Haygood was among five participants removed in the show a week ago. However the rock singer using the James Brown rasp stated that what audiences saw didnt reflect the entire story, together with a behind-the-moments agreement to guarantee the quick exit he wanted. Based on Haygood, 49, who had been a part of mentor-judge Nicole Scherzingers group old 30-plus participants, he told Scherzinger 2 days before last Wednesdays live show reveal that he was dissatisfied with X Factor. I needed to depart the show because I had been unhappythat I had been not able to become a rock artist. I was raised on rock, stated Haygood, of Memphis, Tenn., who loved the spotlight within the eighties as frontman for that rock group Xavion, which together with at some point with Hall&Oates. Being known as onto do pop tunes for example Beyonces Crazy for each other and Katy Perrys I Kissed a woman was irritating, Haygood stated: Are you able to imagine Steven Tyler, Mick Jagger, James Brown, doing (the Crazy for each other chorus) uh oh uh oh uh? Producers appeared to obtain their method of doing things. I am not sure why they wouldnt allow me to be me, he stated Tuesday. Scherzinger, former person in the Pussycat Dolls, required his complaint towards the shows producers and returned within 24 hours by having an offer, based on Haygood: He'd be returned on Thursdays results show if he decided to return for that season finale. Neither Scherzinger nor Fox immediately taken care of immediately demands for comment. Haygood stated he was contractually certain to remain on the program and wouldnt have quit, but he appreciated the out he was handed regardless of the $5 million record contract that would go to the champion. They (producers) required the chance to chop me, to allow me just fly and do things the way in which I wish to do them, stated Haygood, who stated he conveyed just with Scherzinger and didnt talk straight to the producers, including series creator Simon Cowell. Cowell left Foxs The American Idol Show so he could launch the U.S. version from the X Factor, his hit British singing contest. Fox gave X Factor a deluxe marketing launch however the show hasnt resided as much as the 20 million weekly audiences predicted by Cowell, with 12.a million watching last Tuesdays show. Although Haygood stated he was prepared to play along before he was cut, he made the decision he owed it to themself and fans he earned through X Step to tell his side of occasions. Younger crowd expressed frustration with just how much the show outlined his difficult conditions, including living couch to couch in Memphis since he lost his the place to find foreclosures in 2007. I had been treated a lot more like a personality than a painter. This really is TV, they need a great story, you realize? However they required might I did not get the opportunity to become a painter. I had been doing a few things i would not do, he stated. For that roughly two days he is at La, he was compensated $250 for expenses, another $500 for that live show and cab fare for his ride towards the airport terminal after he was cut, Haygood stated. He voiced appreciation for that exposure X Factor gave him, which put him in touch with people of his old band. They're in talks for any comeback tour and could show up on the growing season-ender of X Factor, he stated. The idol judges are wonderful, he stated, including Cowell, whom he known as a really nice guy. They understood me despite the fact that they couldnt produce things i wanted, Haygood stated. Copyright 2011 through the Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.