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"Gary Barlow has revealed that he nearly quit The X Factor last year. The Take That singer admitted that he found his first year as a judge tough, adding that he plans to show his &amp;quot;fun&amp;quot; side on this year&amp;#039;s live shows.  &amp;quot;I did come close to quitting, yeah. It was hard,&amp;quot; he told The Sun. &amp;quot;When you become part of this machine, you&amp;#039;re on something that&amp;#039;s moving and you&amp;#039;ve got to try to stay on board. There&amp;#039;s no jumping off. &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s a lot of pressure - it really is massive. I remember last year - on Sunday nights in particular - if I knew one of them was in the bottom two, I&amp;#039;d feel so nervous. &amp;quot;And you&amp;#039;d watch this spaceship swirling around knowing that millions of people are watching and it was out of your hands, and you&amp;#039;d just feel sorry for them.&amp;quot; Barlow added: &amp;quot;I just want to have more fun this year - and I have done already. I was on tour while we were doing the auditions last year and it was bloody hard work. &amp;quot;I always felt miserable when I arrived because I was knackered already. But this year I don&amp;#039;t feel like I&amp;#039;ve done anything yet! It&amp;#039;s been fun.&amp;quot; Photo gallery - Judges&amp;#039; Houses:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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