Last night in a period of roughly two hours, three separate reports about three United States X Factor personalities leaving the show emerged. Season one host Steve Jones and judges Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul were all shown the door.

Now, additional details concerning what went into the various firings has been unveiled.

The Hollywood Reporter got all the info:

According to a show insider, a series of X Factor season 2 offsite meetings are taking place wherein show creator Simon Cowell has assembled his team and creative brain-trust for a post-mortem. The purpose: detailing what went wrong and what was done right on season 1 of the Fox singing competition.

Among the brash verdicts, says THR’s source: that Abdul’s role was seen as “irrelevant to the mix,” in part through no fault of her own (as mentor to the groups, her contestants were picked off early in the competition).

Still, Abdul was not without her controversies on the show. Many blamed her for the dismissal of season 1 favorite Rachel Crow, precipitated by advice Abdul gave to Scherzinger to let the decision be made by the public vote. America then sent the 13-year-old packing.

As for Jones and Scherzinger, another show insider says the X Factor host was notified by a show producer around 7:30pm Eastern on Monday evening that his option was not being picked up. (Cowell did not call Jones personally to deliver the news.) Soon after, Scherzinger was informed that her contract also would not be renewed.

THR notes that LA Reid has not been informed of any changes to his role, so for now it looks like he and Simon Cowell will remain on the show for season two.