@Kimberly re: Feb 1st, 7:41 am --

It seems the 30-something-year-old Kelly Rowland just may be coming back to the U.S.: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/x_factor/4100716/X-Factor-news-Nicole-Scherzinger-and-Paula-Abdul-are-yanked-out-by-Simon-Cowell.html

..But, if the aforementioned suggestions/rumors, ARE true, then 2012 U.S. X-Factor will prove to be the VERY public stage where Kelly Rowland, and "Brand Kelly" is finally put to an end: publicly executed!!

You see, the U.S. always proved itself to be the 'weakest of all' market places for her to shuck her wares (CD or whatever). 'Here I am' debuted with 77-K First Week, and has YET to move 200-K U.S. retail units.
Kimberly, it's a peculiar thing, ALL of the 30-something-year-old Kelly Rowland's music debuted with between 77-86K U.S. First Week. And yet-more "peculiar": 'Motivation' took some 4-5 months to go Platinum - an eternity - which to me, suggests that it really didn't "sell" a million; more-like it was force-fed down our collective throats till our grasp on that $1.10 (or whatever itunes held ransom our faculties) relented!

Kelly Rowland will return to the U.S. and our collective senses will be traumatized by gay black men as they jump for joy, with their 'badly-damaged jiggly displaced self-image projections' then peculating to the surface: raw sewage in the streets, Teanus, Giardia, and 'Hepatitis A' between the sheets..!!
But there-then, our prayers WILL be answered. Our God is a good, just and righteous God: he'll ONCE AGAIN remind and prevail upon the U.S. discretionary spending public why 'Simply Deep' and 'Ms. Kelly' precipitated 'Colombia' record's removing the 30-something-year-old Kelly Rowland from their roster.

..So, Kimberly, you see, re: Kelly Rowland on 2012 X-Factor U.S. ..All is NOT lost: the U.S. will have ring-side seats to the 2012 public beheading of the 30-something-year-old Kelly Rowland/Brand Kelly..

..And Kimberly, you can BEST believe, I X,Y,"and Z", will be there to provide you-all with color-commentary as only one so familiar and unphased by all the gimmickry that has defined and fueled the career/brand of the 30-year-old Kelly Rowland!

X,Y,"and Z" -- OUT..!!