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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.

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Speaker 2: The Mass Singer officially kicks off its tenth season next Wednesday,

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Speaker 2: but when it's eleventh season rolls around next year, expect

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Speaker 2: a major change to the judging table. Nicole Schirr Singer's

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Speaker 2: going to be leaving the show to free up her

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Speaker 2: schedule for a big move to London to star in

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Speaker 2: a revival of the musical Sons of Boulevard on its

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Speaker 2: West End, and Nicole's replacement will actually be swapping places

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Speaker 2: with her geographically, Rita Ara, moving from London to Hollywood

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Speaker 2: to join the Mass Singer job she's intimately familiar with

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Speaker 2: after previously suffering as a judge on the UK version.

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Speaker 2: In the meantime, Nicole will complete her duties on season

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Speaker 2: ten when The Mass Singer returns to Fox September twenty seven.

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Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood,