Great. Not only is there going to be another X Factor, but there's going to be another X Factor with Louis Walsh. I bet they had a clandestine threesome with an arbitrary Westlife member while Sinitta took some action shots. It's the only thing that makes sense, in which case it obviously didn't happen.
Simon Cowell has reportedly told ITV bosses that Louis is the only judge safe on the UK X Factor. Five months before nationwide auditions start for the next series of the singing competition, the 52-year-old has not yet decided the fate of judges Kelly Rowland, 30, Gary Barlow, 40, and Tulisa Contostavlos, 23, - but he does know that he wants Walsh, forever 59, back. Even though Walsh is the only judge left with no acts...
According to the Mirror, the X Factor overlord has even asked that a contract is prepared for Louis, which reportedly offers him a massive £1million for his ninth year on the show. An insider said: "Louis is the only judge who has been verbally offered a deal. Despite all the reports that he has been sacked, he is 100 per cent nailed on to be back - if he wants the job." And he will.
The insider also revealed the decision came about as Cowell "trusts" Louis, so the Irish star can "plan for the next series if he wants to."
In other X Factor news, Courtney Love is officially certifiably bats.