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17/04/2012 18:22 | By Kerri-Ann Roper, Senior Editor, MSN Entertainment
Confirmed: Gary Barlow returning to The X Factor
It's official: Gary Barlow will be a judge on the next season of The X Factor. Read on…
First it was Louis Walsh who confirmed his place back on The X Factor panel, and now it's Gary Barlow.
In a statement ITV and the producers of the show confirmed the news and Gary himself has said: "I'm thrilled to be back and really looking forward to working with The X Factor team again. The fact that a superstar could just walk out on that stage is very exciting."
Music mogul Simon Cowell also seems to be chuffed, saying: "It's great to be able to confirm our first judge for this year's show. Gary has earned his place and I'm excited to be working with him again."
This follows reports today that Gary reportedly came very close to being fired by Simon last year.
Journalist Tom Bower reveals in his unauthorised biography of Simon Cowell, which is named Sweet Revenge: The Intimate Life Of Simon Cowell, that Simon found Gary to be 'too scripted' and 'boring' in early episodes of the show.
Simon responded to the reports surrounding the book on Twitter and tweeted saying; "This book is not written by me. It is unauthorised. The writer is Tom Bower."
We're just happy that Gary Barlow will be back this year! Welcome back Gary!
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17/04/2012 19:24
THIS IS NOT NEWS MSN!
STOP PEDDLING THIS TRIPE!!!
17/04/2012 20:22
Who cares. We dont want to know how many millions he is getting for sitting there with a stupid grin on his face when millions are struggling to make ends meet.
17/04/2012 21:58
BORING BORING BORING
GARY BARLOW MAY BE A NICE FELLER BUT HE BORES THE PANTS OF ME
GARY BARLOW MAY BE A NICE FELLER BUT HE BORES THE PANTS OF ME
17/04/2012 19:18
its worse than watching the villa!
17/04/2012 20:05
I wonder will this have any affect on the Sudan where a genocide is currently taking place?
Great to see so many "newsworthy" items on MSN.
17/04/2012 21:23
i shall sleep easier now with such Knowledge.
17/04/2012 21:53
here we go again,gonna be sent asleep by his slow voice.
17/04/2012 20:46
Gawd help us !!!!!!!!!
17/04/2012 21:04
For the love of all things holy.
Can we not just for once have some real bands, you know actual bands.
Not this boy band crap and girl band crap. All wana be quick easy life and rolling in money for doing crap.
Celebs are just sad people, who dont want to work for a living, they go about there daily lives like they are gods or some thing, yet it is them who is blind to life.
I say get rid of all these crappy 1 time dealers fo boy and gril bands, and lets get some real bands back. Real song wrighters, not these twonks who copy everyone else,s musick and rely on a computer processing unit to do all the work for them, and them claim they are excellent singers.
I say lets just give 1 microphone and no sounds enhancing technology to back them up, and lets actually see if they really can sing, just them the microphone and the amplifires and speakers only, because there is not a good talent out there at all, only pancified dreamers who beleive there **** smells sweater than most and walking aroudn with there nose in the air, idiots. Then some **** comes along and says we live in a fair society,
MMMM NO WE DONT MOST OF US ARE BEING LEFT BEHIND, BECAUSE YOUR ARROGANT FALSE LIEING TONUGE AND ALL THAT PROPAGANDA BULL**** YOU SPREAD EVERYWHRE.
I DONT LIKE THE MODERN DAY HUMANS, YOU HAVE GONE ALL WIERD AND STRANGE AND FALSE, YOU DONT EVEN LOOK COMFORTABLE, ALWAYS TALKING BULL**** ALL THE TIME.
Can we not just for once have some real bands, you know actual bands.
Not this boy band crap and girl band crap. All wana be quick easy life and rolling in money for doing crap.
Celebs are just sad people, who dont want to work for a living, they go about there daily lives like they are gods or some thing, yet it is them who is blind to life.
I say get rid of all these crappy 1 time dealers fo boy and gril bands, and lets get some real bands back. Real song wrighters, not these twonks who copy everyone else,s musick and rely on a computer processing unit to do all the work for them, and them claim they are excellent singers.
I say lets just give 1 microphone and no sounds enhancing technology to back them up, and lets actually see if they really can sing, just them the microphone and the amplifires and speakers only, because there is not a good talent out there at all, only pancified dreamers who beleive there **** smells sweater than most and walking aroudn with there nose in the air, idiots. Then some **** comes along and says we live in a fair society,
MMMM NO WE DONT MOST OF US ARE BEING LEFT BEHIND, BECAUSE YOUR ARROGANT FALSE LIEING TONUGE AND ALL THAT PROPAGANDA BULL**** YOU SPREAD EVERYWHRE.
I DONT LIKE THE MODERN DAY HUMANS, YOU HAVE GONE ALL WIERD AND STRANGE AND FALSE, YOU DONT EVEN LOOK COMFORTABLE, ALWAYS TALKING BULL**** ALL THE TIME.
17/04/2012 21:46
who gives a toss, there all a load of wan####, same as the contestants.
17/04/2012 23:29
boring again slow idiot will have to put Fix~Factor on X-30 again to watch it lol
17/04/2012 22:01
Jobs for the boys I'll scratch your back you scratch mine nudge nudge wink wink say no more
18/04/2012 08:37
@Alfred - ignore that thumbs down - the thumbs down prowler is on a crawl.
18/04/2012 08:33
But you may say, who will entertain us if we don't have celebrity? I would say make them more ordinary. No red carpets, no limousine arrivals, anything that brings them down a peg. In Shakespeares' day bad fruit was thrown at the actors. They didn't put up with bad or wretched performance then. These forums are our bad tomatoes.
18/04/2012 08:20
Peer through all the underhand shenanigans and find the truth and remove yourself from it as much as possible. Celebrity only survives through idolisation. Celebrity is a club for the in crowd and they try to keep it to themselves as much as possible. But sometimes the knives come out and for money making purposes the blow is dealt. If you follow the thread of the exposing story, one can work out how it weaves through these pages of MSN. Mr Cowell is on high profile exposure at the moment. Soon it will be back to a footballer or a boy band. It's just a manipulating game.
18/04/2012 07:28
why oh why are you bringing gary barlow back to xfactor it was boring as hell last yeaar with him he is so arogant as he liked to keep saying i am head judge.I use to like take that but now i can't stand them he is so up himself and what were M&S thinking letting him murder that song.WAKE UP SIMON COWELL YOUR RATEINGS WILL DROP EVEN MORE NOW
18/04/2012 06:51
Oh Great .another reason to turn it off. If u get ppl to write your insults its time u realise your not cut out for the job.
17/04/2012 22:14
I don't reckon he's qualified to be there and judge other peoples' talents, he's only a very moderate singer himself. No doubt he will treat us once more to his annoying brand of smugness.
18/04/2012 08:34
sorry typing error Shakespear's day
18/04/2012 07:21
he's a bit boring, and a bit smug, seems to think everyone is there for his benefit, maybe should stick to singing.
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