Rumours have been circulating that Simon Cowell was planning to replace Dannii Minogue with a younger male as a judge on next year’s X Factor series, but Dannii has rubbished these claims.

Minogue told Metro:

"I don’t pay attention to what everyone says," she commented. "I am oblivious to the taunts. I just go to work and do my job and that’s all I’m focused on. I want to do it next year and I will be. As far as everyone involved is, that is the plan and Simon has said so."

Minogue also commented on how much better the atmosphere is behind the scenes of the show this year saying:

"This year is not as bad as last year because at least life on set is fun and everyone gets on. Last year was awful," she said.