Demi Lovato will not return to The X Factor in 2014 to focus entirely on her music career next year.
"I always knew she wasn't coming back because she's touring," Cowell told reporters yesterday.
Lovato will begin her "Neon Lights" tour in February and be joined by a trio of opening acts that have ties to the U.S. and/or British versions of The X Factor: Cher Lloyd, Fifth Harmony and Little Mix.
