‘The X Factor’ UK: Rumors surround Liam Payne AND Louis Tomlinson as judges?
The “X Factor” UK rumor mill won’t stop churning most likely until ITV just comes out and announces who their new judging panel is. For a while, the hot topic was that Louis Tomlinson of One Direction could be joining the show. Then, the conversation switched quickly to be about former show judge Louis Walsh.
So who is the latest subject of rumors? Think along the likes of Liam Payne. According to the Express, bookies are now suggesting that Tomlinson’s fellow bandmate could be a target for the show given his new supposed relationship with judge / executive producer Cheryl Fernandez-Virsini. We do know that Liam does have a great relationship with the show for the most part, given that it helped him be a star and he was also in the audience for at least one of the performance shows on this past season.
As for whether or not we see this actually happening, we think that for the time being the answer is a pretty quick “no.” We just don’t think bookies are enough to make this gig happen; if someone from One Direction is a judge, it’ll probably be Tomlinson, and we don’t see there being two men on the show alongside Simon Cowell.
Technically, there is only one judging vacancy at the moment, as Rita Ora has yet to figure out just what she wants to do. She is juggling both her music and also whether or not she wants to return to the British version of “The Voice.”
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