Gary Barlow has been confirmed as Simon Cowell's X Factor replacement

The Press Association have revealed that Gary 'Gary' Barlow has signed on the dotted line and is now an official X Factor judge.

It is widely believed that both Dannii Minogue and Louis Walsh will return to join Barlow on the judging panel.

The 'Stronger' hitmaker will be spreading himself very thinly con­sid­er­ing his sold out tour with Take That will be com­men­cing at the end of this month in Sunderland.

There's also spec­u­la­tion that Alesha Dixon is to be Cheryl Cole's replace­ment. Blimey!