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"Sinitta has told Digital Spy that people will be &amp;quot;shocked&amp;quot; by the changes to The X Factor this year. The &amp;#039;So Macho&amp;#039; singer, a close friend of X Factor boss Simon Cowell and frequent guest mentor, seemed to hint that reports of Sharon Osbourne joining the panel and Tulisa Contostavlos leaving were off the mark.  Speaking at a Claridge&amp;#039;s event in aid of the Health Lottery, Sinitta - who admitted that she was hungover after a champagne-fuelled night out with Cowell - revealed: &amp;quot;Nothing&amp;#039;s been solidly decided yet...but I kind of do know what is happening and it&amp;#039;s exciting. &amp;quot;I think you guys are going to be shocked. I think it&amp;#039;s going to be like, &amp;#039;Oh really?&amp;#039; But it&amp;#039;s not going to be me on the panel.&amp;quot; Asked by DS if she is still holding out hope of finally joining the panel full time, the star replied: &amp;quot;Ten years later, it&amp;#039;s like the biggest joke running, right - &amp;#039;Sinitta for X Factor judge&amp;#039;. But I would still do it if they asked!&amp;quot;  Also at the bash was last year&amp;#039;s runner-up Jahmene Douglas, who seemed unsure if his mentor Nicole Scherzinger would be back, but gave his approval to Osbourne coming on board. &amp;quot;I know that [Nicole is] working on her album, so I know that she&amp;#039;ll be touring with it,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;I think each year probably needs to be different. To have Sharon back would be cool, she&amp;#039;s crazy. She&amp;#039;s a lovely, lively character.&amp;quot; Cowell previously declared that he is &amp;quot;excited&amp;quot; to unveil the &amp;quot;good changes&amp;quot; to the next series of X Factor. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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