Louis Walsh has suggested that Spice Girl Mel B could now be replacing Nicole Scherzinger as an X Factor judge. Last year the X Factor panel was made up… read more
Louis Walsh has suggested that Spice Girl Mel B could now be replacing Nicole Scherzinger as an X Factor judge.
Last year the X Factor panel was made up of Nicole, Louis, Simon Cowell and Sharon Osbourne, and Simon recently appeared to confirm the line-up would not be changing for the 2017 series.
He told The Sun: “I don’t think for the moment we’d want to make any changes.
“It worked on X Factor last year and the Britain’s Got Talent panel works really well.”
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However, fellow judge Louis has now hinted this could change. The Irish judge explained how the Pussycat Doll may now abandon the ITV gig for a bigger Hollywood project.
According to the Mirror, Louis said: “Nicole might be getting a big movie like Wicked.”
And if this does turn out to be true, Louis reckons Mel B is the best bet for replacement. He continued: “If [Nicole doesn’t come back] Mel B would be a good idea for the panel.”
It was recently reported that Nicole was the only judge to not renew her X Factor contract and so it may well be true that the singer will venture elsewhere this year.
Mel B works alongside Simon on America’s Got Talent in the US and also appeared as a judge on the X Factor in 2014. However, the star was supposedly axed from the series and was later replaced when Rita Ora and Nick Grimshaw joined the panel alongside Cheryl and Simon.
