Simon Cowell Confirms X Factor 2017 Judging Line Up

Simon Cowell has officially announced who will be appearing on this year's judging line up.

The music mogul told The Sun that the exact same judging panel from last year will return once again this year as it seemed to be a success. Last year's panel consisted of Cowell himself, Louis Walsh, Sharon Osbourne and Nicole Scherzinger.

He said: "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."

"There's always room to come up with new ideas for shows but you've got to look at the whole landscape."

"It's a crowded market but there's always room for something new if it's a good idea."

Louis, Sharon and Simon made up the original judging panel of The X Factor 13 years ago and Nicole has appeared on both the UK and US panels of the show.

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