08/02/2014 Newsround


08/02/2014

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Hi, I'm Jenny. It's Saturday morning and you're watching Newsround. Stay

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here for more of this: Big X Factor news as Simon announces he's

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returning to the UK show. And as the Winter Olympics kicks

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off, Team GB make a great start in the snowboard slopestyle.

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The very first medals at the Winter Olympics in the Russian resort of

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Sochi will be up for grabs later today. The Games were officially

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opened by President Vladmir Putin in a spectacular ceremony yesterday.

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Just look at these fireworks. There was music, dance and lots of theatre

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to get the Games started. It didn't all go to plan though. Five giant

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snowflakes were meant to turn into the Olympic rings, but only four of

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them managed it. Speed skater Jon Eley led Team GB

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into the stadium. And everybody was wondering how the Olympic cauldron

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would be lit... Well, they got their answer. Have a look at this parade

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of fire which then set off all the fireworks.

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And the action has now properly begun. Britain's Billy Morgan has

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leapt into first place in the snowboard slopestyle semifinals.

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With team-mate Jamie Nicholls already in the final, Morgan still

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had work to do to book his place, but he wowed the judges, first with

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a backside rodeo... He followed that with a "cab double underflip",

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basically somersaulting in the air whilst holding onto his board... And

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then he finished it all off with a frontside double ten. The final is

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on BBC Two right now. And we've got all the extras on the

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Winter Olympics over on our website where you'll find Newsround's

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ultimate guide to Sochi, as well as the five Winter Olympic sports you

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cannot afford to miss. Some big X Factor news for you now.

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Simon Cowell is rejoining the judges on this year's show. The superstar

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judge left the show in 2010 to launch an American version of the X

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Factor. But US channel Fox has decided to ditch the show over there

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after it failed to take off, so Simon's heading home to join the

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panel here. We don't yet know who else will be joining Cowell to make

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up the rest of the judges, but Simon's return is seen as a big

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deal. It will get people speaking about it again. People will care

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about the show more. He is going to be the head judge and replaces Gary

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Barlow. For the first seven years when he was there and being nasty,

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it got the best ratings. They fell after he left.

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In football, the top four are all in action in the Premiere League today.

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Chelsea host Newcastle, Manchester City travel to Norwich and

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fourth-placed Liverpool take on leaders Arsenal at home in the early

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kick-off. West Ham are at Villa this

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afternoon, but heir battle to avoid relegation has suffered a blow,

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because they'll be without striker Andy Carroll. The latest attempt to

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overturn the player's three-match ban, received for a sending off, has

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failed. That's all from me, Tune into

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Newsround at 11:55am to catch Ayshah's chat with winner of The

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Jump, Joe McElderry. See ya.

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