{"id":362339,"date":"2011-04-02T22:27:59","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T22:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/02\/x-factor-gary-barlow-and-lily-allen-to-join-x-factor-%c2%bfand-simon-cowell-will-be-back-on-panel-of-five\/"},"modified":"2011-04-02T22:27:59","modified_gmt":"2011-04-02T22:27:59","slug":"x-factor-gary-barlow-and-lily-allen-to-join-x-factor-and-simon-cowell-will-be-back-on-panel-of-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/x-factor-gary-barlow-and-lily-allen-to-join-x-factor-and-simon-cowell-will-be-back-on-panel-of-five\/","title":{"rendered":"X Factor: Gary Barlow and Lily Allen ‘to join X Factor’…\u00bfand Simon Cowell will be back on panel of five"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n<\/p>\n

\nBy
\nLara Gould<\/a>
Last updated at 11:27 PM on 2nd April 2011<\/p>\n

\nTake That star Gary Barlow and pop singer Lily
\nAllen are being lined up to join The X Factor as judges as the show undergoes a
\nradical overhaul.<\/p>\n

\nA senior source on the ITV show said the pair
\nare set to join Louis Walsh and Dannii Minogue on the panel. <\/p>\n

Simon Cowell is
\nreturning to the show – but only for the live programmes, when the number of
\njudges will be increased to five.<\/p>\n

\n

‘Very different’: Take That star Gary Barlow and pop singer Lily Allen are being lined up to join The X Factor as judges as the show undergoes a radical overhaul<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Cheryl Cole, who is pursuing other opportunities
\nin America, is not believed to be taking part in the next series.<\/p>\n

ITV boss Peter Fincham this week confirmed The X
\nFactor – which started in 2004 – will be ‘very different’ when it returns in
\nAugust.<\/p>\n

He told The Mail on Sunday: ‘We will announce
\nplans for the panel when we are ready. <\/p>\n

‘But what I can tell you at this stage is
\nthat the new series of The X Factor will be very new and very different from
\nwhat we have seen before.’\n<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

A senior X Factor source added: \u00ad’Contracts are
\ndue to be signed this week for the existing judges who are returning. <\/p>\n

‘Lily
\nAllen and Gary Barlow are the names that are being talked about to fill the
\nvacancies.’<\/p>\n

Award-winning songwriter Barlow, 40, has already
\nmade several appearances on The X Factor with his band Take That. <\/p>\n

Allen, 25,
\nhas said that she planned to retire from making music following the phenomenal success of her two Top 10 albums Alright, Still and It’s Not Me, It’s You.<\/p>\n

\nBarlow and Allen have recently set up their own
\nrecord labels and both may be interested in the opportunities to develop talent
\nas mentors on The X Factor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\"Simon<\/p>\n

He’s back: Simon Cowell is
\nreturning to the show – but only for the live programmes. Cheryl Cole, who is pursuing other opportunities
\nin America, is not believed to be taking part in the next series<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Even though Simon Cowell is launching the
\nAmerican version of The X Factor this year, he has agreed to work on the live
\npart of the British shows.<\/p>\n

They are on Saturday and Sunday nights, so Cowell
\nwill be able to appear on the American series, which will be on air on Tuesdays
\nand Wednesdays. <\/p>\n

ITV has agreed to fly him to and from the United States by
\nprivate jet twice a week between October and December. Cowell, who was in
\nLondon this week, had a meeting with Fincham on Thursday night to discuss his
\nrole in the new series. <\/p>\n

He was said to be concerned that leaving the British
\nseries, which was watched by about 12million
\nviewers a week last year, could lead to a ratings fall, leaving The X Factor
\nbrand as a whole weakened. <\/p>\n

The talks, which took place at a secret location,
\nwent on late into the night and an ITV source described the discussions as
\n‘very positive and very fruitful’.<\/p>\n

No contracts were signed but The Mail on Sunday
\nunderstands that a verbal agreement was reached between the pair about Cowell \u00adtaking
\npart in the UK show, and an official announcement is expected this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\"New<\/p>\n

New faces: A senior source on the ITV show said Barlow and Allen are set to join Louis Walsh and Dannii Minogue on the panel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A
\nsource said: ‘X Factor USA is Simon’s priority but that doesn’t mean that he is
\ngoing to abandon the UK<\/p>\n

‘Even if 20million
\npeople are watching in the United States and it is a huge success, if the British
\nshow’s ratings fall, that will be seen as a failure. Nobody wants that, least of
\nall Simon.’ <\/p>\n

It is understood that the new panel of judges –
\nnot including Cowell – will work on the audition stages of the series which
\nbegin in May. <\/p>\n

They will tour the country to find contestants
\nwho will go on to the national finals.<\/p>\n

The live Saturday and Sunday night shows will
\nbegin in October – and that is when Cowell will appear. <\/p>\n

He is unlikely to mentor his own acts because of his other work commitments, but he may act as an objective judge with a \u00adcasting vote.<\/p>\n

X Factor executives are believed to favour
\nincreasing the judges’ panel to five during the live shows because it will end
\nthe unpopular ‘Deadlock’ aspect of the show which was used in previous series
\nto reach a decision on acts when the panel of four was split evenly.<\/p>\n

It also gives Cowell the flexibility to miss any
\nshows if unforeseen problems arise that keep him in the United States.<\/p>\n

\nAn ITV spokesman said: ‘We are not in a position
\nto make any announcements about the panel at this stage.’<\/p>\n

Last night a spokesman for Gary Barlow said he
\nhad not been asked to do the show.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for Lily Allen did not comment. A
\nspokeswoman for Mr Cowell said: ‘Everything is still being discussed.’<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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