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"Natalie Bassingthwaighte has been confirmed as a judge on The X Factor. The former Neighbours actress and Rogue Traders singer, who also presented reality TV show So You Think You Can Dance, will now join Ronan Keating, Guy Sebastian and Mel B on the panel for the Australian version of the television talent contest. Bassingthwaighte told Who magazine that she had a hunch that &amp;quot;2011 would be fantastic&amp;quot;, especially as &amp;quot;11 is [her] lucky number&amp;quot;. The star was first linked to the show in March, when presenter Luke Jacobz said that he had heard her name mentioned among producers. Mel B was confirmed as a judge last month and later said that she thought the experience would be &amp;quot;fun and very interesting&amp;quot;.  Former judge Kyle Sandilands announced earlier this year that he would not be returning to the series because it involves too much &amp;quot;work&amp;quot;. &amp;gt; Read our latest Australian TV news here "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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