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"X Factor star Gary Barlow has seemingly hinted that Dannii Minogue could still be in the running to join the panel.  The Australian singer, who judged The X Factor between 2007 and 2010, was heavily tipped to replace departed judge Kelly Rowland on this year&amp;#039;s contest, but she reportedly rejected a \u00A31m offer.   Guest judges have been drafted in for the first rounds of auditions, with a full-time judge expected to be appointed later in the series.  Asked if Minogue could still join Tulisa Contostavlos, Louis Walsh and himself on the panel, Barlow teased: &amp;quot;Well, you never know, you never know... We&amp;#039;ve had a few hints [about the fourth judge] but we&amp;#039;re not completely sure. I think we&amp;#039;re gonna know any day.&amp;quot; The Take That star added that he had enjoyed his time with previous X Factor guest judges Geri Halliwell, Leona Lewis and Rita Ora.   &amp;quot;I think people think Leona&amp;#039;s a bit bland but she was great fun, even though she got booed,&amp;quot; he told Metro. &amp;quot;I had to tell her beforehand, &amp;#039;Don&amp;#039;t let the audience sway you &amp;#039;cause they&amp;#039;re a brutal crowd at the auditions&amp;#039;, and she stuck to her guns. &amp;quot;We also had Geri in Liverpool, who was crazy and lived up to expectations, and we&amp;#039;ve had Rita Ora for the last couple of days who has been really great.&amp;quot; It has been claimed that Minogue rejected the X Factor deal as she didn&amp;#039;t want to reunite with former lover Simon Cowell or disturb the &amp;quot;little routine&amp;quot; of her 10-month-old son Ethan, whose father is her ex-partner Kris Smith. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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