AND SO IT CONTINUES: Tulisa has (sort of) confirmed she'll be back as a judge on The X Factor during an interview with BBC Newsbeat.
"As far as I know I've been confirmed so everyone shall be seeing me this season," she said.
On the subject of Simon Cowell and her recent 'travails' she said: "He defÂinÂitely dropped me a text and said some really kind words to me and I'm just really grateful to him for supÂportÂing me."
She also revealed that some of her new songs have been influÂenced by her life experÂiÂences, saying that "music is a way of speaking and expressÂing yourself". Indeed.