STAGE TUBE: Perez Hilton Makes Bid to Become Next X FACTOR Judge

Now that there are some vacancies on the judge's panel for the Fox singing competition THE X FACTOR, celebrity gossip maven Perez Hilton has decided to put in a bid to fill one of the seats. In a video, Hilton reads a letter to Simon Cowell expressing why he believes he would be the perfect candidate for the job. 

The blogger argues that he has over 4.5 million followers on Twitter as well as millions of fans who come to his website and listen to him on the radio. He also sites his avid interest in the music industry as a plus in making him an ideal judge for season two of the competition. 

"Most importantly I am a huge music lover and I bring with my a lot of experience and expertise in the world of music. I have been a huge champion and early supporter of such artists as Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Adele and Amy Winehouse." maintains Hilton. "I'm just going to me and I'm so fabulous - in case you couldn't tell - and fun and self-deprecating!  I'm going to keep it real, I'm not going to try to be like anybody else. I'm going to be me and be honest. That's not necessarily being mean or necessarily loud, it's just being the viewer and the expert."

Perez also offered some criticism of the first season of the show. "I was watching X Factor so much this first season and I was shocked at how often the panel and judges' mentors were just whitewashing things and feeding the contestants and the audience a bunch of BS. People can smell baloney a mile away."

In the video, Hilton went so far as to offer that he do a screen test or even audition for the role and revealed that if hired, he would donate 100% of his salary to a charity. 

Yesterday it was confirmed that X FACTOR host Steve Jones and judges Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul would not be returning for the show's second season. Rumors have circulated that Mariah Carey may be under consideration to join the judging panel for next season. 

To view Hilton's bid to become an X FACTOR judge, click below!