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"Louis Walsh is the only judge so far who has been offered a deal for next year&amp;#039;s series of The X Factor, according to a report. However, his fellow judges Gary Barlow, Tulisa Contostavlos and Kelly Rowland must wait until next year to hear if they will be hired again, The Mirror claims.  &amp;quot;Louis is the only judge who has been verbally offered a deal. Despite all the reports that he has been sacked, he is 100% nailed on to be back - if he wants the job,&amp;quot; an insider is quoted as saying. The source also suggests that Simon Cowell has already privately told show bosses that he is keen to keep Walsh on the panel, asking them to start drawing up a contract which could be worth as much as \u00A31 million in order to keep him. Previous press reports have claimed that Walsh may leave the show and he told former colleague Dannii Minogue in an interview that he is &amp;quot;50/50&amp;quot; about returning to the show in the future. He added that he does not find the atmosphere as fun as in previous years and said that he &amp;quot;wants [his] life back&amp;quot;. Kitty Brucknell, Walsh&amp;#039;s last remaining act in the competition, was eliminated two weeks ago on November 13. Walsh is the only original judge remaining on the panel. Barlow, Contostavlos and Rowland were all hired this year to replace Minogue, Cowell and Cheryl Cole. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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