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Gary Barlow confirms 'X Factor' return talks, pay rise offered?
Published Tuesday, Feb 14 2012, 09:54 GMT | By Daniel Sperling | 15 comments
Gary Barlow has revealed that he is in talks to return to The X Factor this year.
The singer is reportedly trying to establish with producers whether he will be able to keep his judging role while recording a Take That album and potentially touring again.
"I started talks two weeks before the last one finished," he confirmed to The Sun. "We are talking."
Sources have also suggested that Barlow could see his £1.5m X Factor salary increased for a new series.
"Gary loved being on the show and genuinely wants to be back," an insider said. "While viewing figures were down a few million, the feeling is it would have been worse without Gary."
It had been speculated that Barlow would not return to the panel for a second year so that he could spend more time with his family.
X Factor boss Simon Cowell warned last month that he was considering changing the current lineup of Barlow, Tulisa Contostavlos, Kelly Rowland and Louis Walsh.
Watch Gary Barlow perform with Marcus Collins last series below:
The singer is reportedly trying to establish with producers whether he will be able to keep his judging role while recording a Take That album and potentially touring again.
© PA Images / Yui Mok/PA Wire
"I started talks two weeks before the last one finished," he confirmed to The Sun. "We are talking."
Sources have also suggested that Barlow could see his £1.5m X Factor salary increased for a new series.
"Gary loved being on the show and genuinely wants to be back," an insider said. "While viewing figures were down a few million, the feeling is it would have been worse without Gary."
It had been speculated that Barlow would not return to the panel for a second year so that he could spend more time with his family.
X Factor boss Simon Cowell warned last month that he was considering changing the current lineup of Barlow, Tulisa Contostavlos, Kelly Rowland and Louis Walsh.
Watch Gary Barlow perform with Marcus Collins last series below:
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