Saturday, 10 January 2009

Simon Cowell: I haven't asked Dannii Minogue to return to The X Factor

Music mogul will hammer out new contracts this month

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Simon Cowell asked Dannii Minogue to join The X Factor in 2007

Simon Cowell is yet to finalise plans for Dannii Minogue to return to The X Factor.

The music mogul isn’t sure the Aussie judge, 37, wants a place on the panel following the tension between her and Louis Walsh, 56, during the 2008 series.

‘I’m going to sit down in January and ask everyone if they want to come back on the show,’ Simon, 49, tells the News Of The World.

‘Dannii and I have genuinely never discussed her coming back. I’ve not sat down with anyone and discussed coming back – including her. If Dannii says no then there’s always someone new, and that applies to everyone.’

But Simon has hinted that he’d like supermodel Kate Moss, 34, to join the team.

‘She could do something. For sure,’ he tells the Sunday Mirror.

‘Anyone with the experience of surviving in this business would be great. I’ve learned not to rule anything out. It’s the unexpected, the bizarre, that’s what makes it interesting.’