don't you just love the way celebs think they can get a job on the xfactor by just mentioning they'd like to do it in a interview?
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don't you just love the way celebs think they can get a job on the xfactor by just mentioning they'd like to do it in a interview?
Sexy Caroline Flack has been lined up to replace Holly Willoughby as presenter of The Xtra Factor - after Simon Cowell personally ‘interviewed’ her for the job.
ITV favourite Caroline, 29, is expected to sign a deal to front the hit ITV2 show next week.
Currently she on TV on Saturday nights on primetime show The Whole 19 Yards co-hosting with Vernon Kay, and has fronted the ITV2 spin off for I’m A Celebrity.
She was the channel bosses top choice for Xtra Factor, but before getting a contract she had to fly over to meet Simon Cowell in L.A to make sure she fitted the bill.
A show source said: "Caroline is flavour of the moment at ITV and they are very keen for her to do the job.
"But Simon has the final say on everything on The X Factor so he has taken the opportunity to spend some time in the company of Caroline.
"It was not a formal office interview, but basically she was being checked out for the job and was quizzed by Cowell about her ambitions and what she would bring to the series.
"He was impressed so it looks like she will be the new host."
Caroline mentioned she was in America on her twitter account at the weekend.
She said: "Thank you for all your really kind messages. I’m currently in LA for work.
"I love la! Today, pool, meeting then shoppidy shop shop."
A front page story in a celebrity magazine yesterday linking Christine Bleakley with the job and a £200,000 salary are thought to be well wide of the mark.
Whilst ITV are still very keen to work with her, she would not leave the BBC for a show on ITV2 and is instead looking to primetime shows on BBC1 or ITV1 to further her career.
Despite being on ITV2, The Xtra Factor job is considered a big one by TV agents and presenters. Previous hosts Fearne Cotton and Holly Willoughby have both gone on to bigger and better things with Fearne on Radio 1 and Holly hosting This Morning.
An ITV source added: "This could be Caroline’s big chance to become a stand out presenter.
"She is keeping everything crossed that she did enough to impress Simon."
Louis Walsh has reportedly admitted that he was unhappy when he realised that his Tango tan wipes deal would require three days' work.
The X Factor judge was this week unveiled as the new face of the soft drink firm's 'Fake Tan-go' product, which is to be sold in Superdrug stores nationwide.
As part of his contract, Walsh posed for a series of publicity photographs showing him covered in fake tan - but he was apparently stunned when the photoshoot was extended for two extra days.
He is quoted by the Daily Star as saying: "They offered me £30,000 to do the Tango deal and I said yes because I thought it would be one day. But it turned out to be three f**king days. I would never do it again."
Walsh will start work on a new series of The X Factor next month.
'X Factor' judge Cheryl Cole has reportedly thrown the show into chaos by refusing to sign her new contract.
The Daily Star claims the Girls Aloud star is so scared that another babe will put her in the shade she is demanding to know who will be on the panel.
The singer also wants a promise pregnant judge Dannii Minogue will not be permanently replaced.
The 38-year-old Aussie will miss out on the auditions stage when it starts next month.
Producers plan to have guest judges to fill in for her alongside 50-year-old Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh, 57.
A show source said: "It's getting very close to the start of The X Factor auditions and Cheryl has not yet signed on the dotted line.
"It would ruin her 'X Factor' experience not to have another 'girly girl' like Dannii to laugh and joke with and gang up with against the lads.
"There's been talk about Mel B whom Cheryl is quite frightened of.
She is also mindful of the fact any youngsters may try to upstage her in the fashion stakes."
All the judges are reportedly set for a showdown meeting at Simon Cowell's London mansion next week.
Dannii, who is back in Australia and due to give birth in July, will join them via a conference call.
Kylie Minogue has admitted that she was offered to fill in for sister Dannii on The X Factor - but she turned it down. Skip related content
The pop princess said she thought it would get "messy" if she stood in as a judge on the talent show while Dannii goes on maternity leave later this year.
She told The Sun: "I couldn't possibly do it for two reasons. The first is simply that the timings don't work out with my new album coming out. But also - and more importantly - this is Dannii's thing. It would all have become really messy if I'd taken over."
Kylie added that she was proud of her sister for standing up to critics of her judging style.
"She went through two years of criticism and had to endure everyone putting her down the whole time.
"But she remained herself throughout and that's what I'm most proud of. She was completely consistent," Kylie said.
Geri Halliwell is expected to add some extra spice to The X Factor by stepping in as a guest judge.
The 37-year-old singer is understood to be standing in for pregnant Dannii Minogue at auditions in Glasgow on Wednesday.
Geri was previously a judge on Popstars: The Rivals, which discovered X Factor judge Cheryl Cole and her Girls Aloud bandmates.
It is thought that the Spice Girl will stay for just one day of auditions but could return in the future.
Konnie Huq was confirmed as the new host of The Xtra Factor, when the series returns later in the summer.
Dannii Minogue has sent a message of support to Geri Halliwell and the latest batch of X Factor hopefuls ahead of the show's launch today.
The latest search for UK singing talent will kick off this afternoon in Glasgow, where Halliwell is expected to be the first guest judge of the series.
Writing on Twitter this morning, Minogue said: "Go Geri! Give em some 'spice' at the X Factor auditions in Glasgow today. Good luck to everyone who's auditioning."
It is thought that a number of other guest panellists will join Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and Cheryl Cole throughout the audition process because Minogue is taking maternity leave.
Reports say that the Australian star will return for the judges' houses round and live shows later this year.
Pixie Lott will be the next guest judge to fill in for Dannii Minogue on The X Factor, a report has claimed.
According to The Sun, the 19-year-old 'Mama Do' singer will join the panel when the auditions move to Birmingham on Monday.
A source told the newspaper: "Pixie may be young but she's not afraid to speak her mind. She's only been in the charts for just over a year but she already sounds like a pro.
"And unlike a lot of pop acts these days, she's happy singing live so is well qualified to judge the wannabes."
It is thought that Simon Cowell decided to recruit Lott after she impressed him with her guest performance on Britain's Got Talent last week.
This year's X Factor auditions kicked off in Glasgow yesterday with Geri Halliwell taking the place of Minogue, who is currently on maternity leave.
WENNGeri Halliwell was booed by X Factor fans when she appeared as a guest judge at auditions in Glasgow this week, reports have claimed.
According to The Mirror, the former Spice Girl angered audience members by refusing to put through a singer named Katie who had proved popular with the crowd. It is thought that Halliwell had the casting vote after the budding star was backed by Cheryl Cole and Louis Walsh but rejected by Simon Cowell.
A source told the newspaper: "Geri had the chance to please the crowd and many were shouting Katie's name. But Geri ignored them and turned Katie down, causing the crowd to go crazy.
"Eventually they invited Katie back to try again, but Geri was judged to be the executioner and she never recovered from that."
Meanwhile, the Daily Star claims that Halliwell also annoyed fans by adopting a "mean" judging style, prompting a chant of "Bring back Dannii! Bring back Dannii!" in reference to absent panellist Dannii Minogue.
Halliwell was the first of several guests to stand in for Minogue while she takes maternity leave. Pixie Lott has been tipped to take over the post in Birmingham on Monday.
SINGER Natalie Imbruglia will replace her fellow Aussie Dannii Minogue at the next X Factor auditions in Birmingham.
She follows ex-Spice Girl Geri Halliwell - who was a stand-in at Glasgow this week and was BOOED when she failed to put through a fancied local singer.
Natalie who will also be a judge on the Aussie X Factor, was drafted in after Pixie Lott pulled out of filming in Birmingham due to a diary clash.
Pixie will be a judge later in the series. US singer Katy Perry will also appear later on, sitting alongside regulars Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and Cheryl Cole.
Dannii, who is on maternity leave ahead of having her first baby next month, will return to the show in the autumn for the judges' house stage.
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