However, writing on Twitter, Minogue insisted: “Simon Cowell decides the X Factor panel around January. All news articles till then are just speculation!”

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X Factor runner-up Olly Murs is hoping to join Robbie Williams on tour, after the pair became firm friends through the show.

This morning, Robbie announced that he will be touring his new album Reality Killed The Video Star, but not until 2011.

And it sounds like Olly is keen to join the star on the road.

He reportedly said: “If he asked me to support him I’d be over the moon. He’s an incredible guy.
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Alexandra Burke has revealed that she can’t afford to buy a house.

The former X Factor winner, admitted that she is still renting a flat in London until she gets her own home.

“I wanted to buy a house by the end of the year, but I can’t afford anything I want,” she told The Sun.

“There is a place I’ve seen that I really want but I can’t afford it. I have hardly any money in the bank because it all seems to be going on tax.”

She added: “I’m working so hard, but I’m not a millionaire yet.”