Jay Kay: 'I'd love to be X Factor judge'

Jay Kay has declared that he would be open to becoming a judge on The X Factor.

The Jamiroquai frontman, who performed the band's latest single 'White Knuckle Ride' on tonight's edition of the talent competition, warned that he wouldn't mince his words should he ever secure the role.

"I’m quite up for doing it," he told the Sunday Mirror. "I’d be brutal, relentless and ruthless. I’d be saying, ‘You’re having a laugh, you’re not up to it, mate’. There would be none of that, ‘I think you were quite good. If you try to improve with this…’ I’d be like, ‘Forget it, go back to flipping burgers. Hop it'."

The 40-year-old motoring enthusiast also insisted that he would be happy working with Simon Cowell, who he previously described as a "codpiece".

"Many years ago I slated Simon to death, but it’s water under the bridge now and he’s actually quite a personable chap. Some of his comments on X Factor are legendary. These people are asking for it and, to be honest, I’d say exactly the same thing to them. Hats off to him."

Referring to his title as Top Gear's fastest celebrity driver, which he snatched from Cowell by a tenth of a second, Kay concluded: "But I’m still faster on the track as a 'Star In A Reasonably Priced Car'."