
Reports claim that Fearne Cotton is to be the new presenter of the X Factor’s Xtra Factor show. Cotton will replace Ben Shephard who walked out and quit after he lost the top job to Dermot O’Leary who will replace Kate Thornton as host to the X Factor.
The fourth Judge has also been named as American Brian Friedman a judge from Grease is the Word. Singer Dannii Minogue and Friedman are to replace Louis Walsh and join Simon Cowell and Sharon Osbourne as the new panel of judges.