It seemed like X Factor USA was going to be the start of a Simon Cowell-led mini British Invasion.
But at the end of the first season it looks he will be the last man standing, as Steve Jones is rumoured to be joining Cheryl Cole on the show's scrapheap.
The hunky Welshman thought he was on the brink of cracking America when he was chosen to front the programme alongside Nicole Scherzinger.
He was left to fend for himself after the former Pussycat Doll was drafted in to take the place of Girls Aloud favourite Cheryl, but it seems he is going to pay the price for a string of curiously flat performances.
A source told the Daily Mirror: 'Steve keeps saying that living in LA is a dream come true.
'He loves the weather and the women, and he loves working on X Factor – it’s just a shame that the US public has not warmed to him.
'He got terrible reviews from critics when he started and things haven’t got better.
He was left to fend for himself after the former Pussycat Doll was drafted in to take the place of Girls Aloud favourite Cheryl, but it seems he is going to pay the price for a string of curiously flat performances.
A source told the Daily Mirror: 'Steve keeps saying that living in LA is a dream come true.
'He loves the weather and the women, and he loves working on X Factor – it’s just a shame that the US public has not warmed to him.
'He got terrible reviews from critics when he started and things haven’t got better.
