Dannii Minogue Confirms Return To X Factor

Aussie beauty Dannii Minogue has confirmed that she will be judging another season of X Factor - and has already opened hostilities with fellow judges on the show Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh.

"Yes, I'm going back to defend my title - Heavyweight Minogue is back!" the Mirror quoted her, as saying jokingly.

Referring to her run-ins with the pair, she added: "I just kept my mouth shut through all that. I found it somewhere between funny and disturbing. "There were some moments when I felt like I was back at school. It was distressing but I'm prepared for it this year, she added.

The 36-year-old also confessed to secretly training to be a TV producer in the hope Simon Cowell will give her a break. "Who knows, Sharon may be auditioning for me for a job!" she giggled.