Yahoo News The X Factor 2016: Go Behind The Scenes At Judges’ Promo Photo Shoot
To mark the return of The X Factor, ITV have released a brand new behind-the-scenes video of this year’s promo photo shoot.
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The short teaser shows presenter Dermot O’Leary and judges Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne, Louis Walsh and Nicole Scherzinger striking their best poses for the camera.
“Me and Louis have a relationship that goes back a long way,” Simon, 56, said of the new-look panel. “Louis’ naughty, the auditions are long days but he makes it much more fun.
“I was actually thinking about all of them actually, it’s like a little reunion, they are all on great form.”
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Wrapping the judging panel up in a nutshell, he explained: “Me and Sharon are a bit like Tom and Jerry, but we love each other secretly, and Nicole is slightly nuts, I love that. Then there’s Dermot, I missed him so much.”
Meanwhile Sharon, 63 – who previously appeared as an X Factor judge from 2004 to 2007 and again in 2013 – added: “It feels really right to be back at this time, it feels good. Simon said he wanted the show to be back to the way it was, small audition rooms, he wanted everyone to have fun.
“Listen, we’re all competitive with one another because we all want to win, nobody wants to sit there the last few weeks with no one in your category, but at the same time, we’re not so badly competitive.
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“We want to take it seriously but at the same time enjoy what we’re doing and have fun on camera and off air too.”
Nicole, 38, admitted that she had missed the UK and reassured fans that there’s a lot of ‘positive, fun energy’ surrounding the revival panel members, revealing: “It’s a great feeling on the panel, a really natural, family, homey vibe, nothing is forced.”
And Louis, 64, raved: “Honestly, we all get on so well, but we all have opinions and we all bring different things to the show. Simon is very relaxed and he’s very funny this year. And he’s looking younger this year, have you noticed? What has he done? Something’s happened? Maybe it’s the lighting.”
They do scrub up well, don’t they?!
The X Factor returns to ITV this Saturday 27th August 2016 at 8pm and Sunday 28th August at 8pm.
