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"Tulisa Contostavlos is said to be on the verge of being axed from The X Factor by Simon Cowell. The executive producer of the series will reportedly tell the singer that she will not be asked back &amp;quot;within weeks&amp;quot;, according to The Sun.   A source close to the production team claimed: &amp;quot;Quite apart from her performance on last year&amp;#039;s show, you can&amp;#039;t have a singer whose album only reached number 35 in the charts sitting in judgement on other singers. &amp;quot;Tulisa has been on the panel for two years. She had a good run, but all good things come to an end.&amp;quot; Meanwhile, Cowell is said to be fighting &amp;quot;tooth and nail&amp;quot; to keep Louis Walsh on the panel, who other producers also reportedly want to axe. An insider said: &amp;quot;He will fight tooth and nail to keep him on the show.  &amp;quot;It hasn&amp;#039;t reached the shouting stage yet \u2014 but if it does, Simon is prepared for the fight.&amp;quot; An X Factor spokesperson said: &amp;quot;No formal decisions have been made on the panel for 2013&amp;#039;s X Factor as yet.&amp;quot; Tulisa was previously rumoured to be facing the axe back in January, but she denied the reports. Robbie Williams is the latest star to be linked with a permanent spot on the judging panel. Watch Tulisa&amp;#039;s video for &amp;#039;Young&amp;#039; below:      Tulisa&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;TFB for Bank&amp;#039; pop-up stall at Westfield Shepherd&amp;#039;s Bush - photo gallery:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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