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"The Judges&amp;#039; Houses locations for The X Factor series nine have reportedly been revealed. According to the Daily Star Sunday, Nicole Scherzinger will be making her way to Dubai with the Boys, and will be assisted by R&amp;amp;B star Ne-Yo when picking her live show finalists.   Gary Barlow will head to London with the Over-28s and will be joined again by Robbie Williams, while Tulisa Contostavlos is allegedly taking the Girls to the Caribbean island of St Lucia, with Tinie Tempah rumoured to be helping her make her final selection. Finally, Louis Walsh will be making his decisions about the Groups in Las Vegas, with former X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne.   A source for the show told the newspaper: &amp;quot;Producers really wanted to up the ante this year with the destinations. Tulisa is thrilled to be going to the Caribbean, while Louis still can&amp;#039;t believe he&amp;#039;s off to Vegas. In eight previous years the furthest he has ever been is Barcelona. &amp;quot;Gary was originally planning to be in Mallorca, but that&amp;#039;s been changed to London so he can be close to his wife Dawn after the death of their baby Poppy.&amp;quot; The paper also reports that contestants will be able to perform their own material during the series&amp;#039;s live shows, after original songs proved to be popular with the crowds during the audition stages. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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