'X Factor' Tulisa, Gary Barlow 'would love to come back' - NTAs video

Gary Barlow and Tulisa Contostavlos both confirmed backstage at the National Television Awards that they are keeping their fingers crossed for a second year as judges on The X Factor.


Barlow and Contostavlos both said that they would "love to come back", but admitted that they were in the dark over Simon Cowell and ITV's plans for the talent show.

The pop duo claimed that they would want Louis Walsh and Kelly Rowland back on the panel as well and Barlow joked that he expected Rowland to look like "the Bionic Woman" after being sent texts about her keep-fit regime over Christmas.

When asked whether they are concerned about falling ratings and the battle with Strictly Come Dancing, Contostavlos said: "We'll just have to keep making things better and better. At the end of the day, certain things are out of our control and we just have to find the talent and that's what we'll do.

"You can never go wrong with voices and singing and we all just want to find the next great musician. It brings acts like Little Mix and Marcus [Collins] to the public and shows what they can do."