Dermot O’Leary has signed a contract with ITV which will see him present the 2010 series of The X Factor.
The series will be the third that Dermot has fronted, last year he was paid £1.1 million for the privilege.
A source said: “Simon has been really impressed with the way Dermot has performed.
Whilst recording an upcoming appearance on ‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks’, X Factor host Dermot O’Leary has reportedly been joking about John and Edward Grimes receiving death threats.
The Sun quotes O’Leary as saying: “John & Edward have received so many death threats we’ve had to close the phone lines. So please don’t call – your death threat won’t count, but you may still be charged.”
X Factor presenter Dermot O’Leary has backed Simon Cowell’s decision to save John and Edward Grimes on last week’s show.
O’Leary admitted that he was initially shocked when he heard Simon wasn’t saving Lucie Jones, but when he stopped to think he realised that Simon had made the right call.
In his News Of The World column O’Leary said:
Louis Walsh made a lot of enemies on last week’s X Factor. Not only was he pictured giving the fingers to audience members but he also turned on the delectable Dermot O’Leary, after he dared to express some opinions on the X Factor contestants.
In his News of The World column today, Dermot has talked about the row and revealed that Louis branding him ‘just a presenter’ won’t stop him standing up to the Irish judge in the future.
X Factor presenter Dermot O’Leary has said that this year’s series is too close to call. After last week’s shock result, which saw bookies favourite Danyl Johnson end up in the bottom two acts, Dermot says there has never been a more open X Factor.
He wrote in The News Of The World: “That performance by the twins sums up what the series has been like so far. UNPREDICTABLE.”
A document leaked to The Sun, has suggested that X Factor presenters have been told to back John and Edward Grimes.
In a bid to stop the hate campaign, X Factor bosses reportedly sent a memo to Holly Willoughby, Dermot O’Leary and PR staff saying it would “be great to defend John and Edward.”
A source said: “Bosses didn’t expect the twins to get such a bad reaction from the public. They want people on their side.”
Dermot O’Leary has said that it is nearly impossible to predict the winner of this year’s X Factor series, at this early stage.
With the live shows about to kick off tonight, Dermot told The Sun:
“”If you look on paper the over 25s and the girls are very strong. But no-one was talking about Alexandra Burke this time last year – everyone was talking about Laura (White).
X Factor presenter, Dernot O’Leary has insulted Stacey Solomon, by branding her as the new Jade Goody. Dermot thinks that the British people will welcome Stacey into their hearts in the way they welcomed Jade, lets hope they don’t turn on her as viciously too.
Dermot told The Sun: “She has that same lovely oblivious quality.
“I was talking to her the other day in the studio and was saying to her try not to think about it too much, just really enjoy it.
X Factor presenter, Dermot O’Leary, has admitted that he was shocked when he heard about the racist term used by Anton Du Beke, and branded his choice of words ‘unacceptable.’
Dermot told The Mirror:
“I don’t want to trade low blows to Strictly but the thing about The X Factor is it does show modern Britain and a lot of positives to do with British society.”
Dermot O’Leary has said that he is relieved that Channel 4 bosses have canceled Big Brother.
The channel have announced that next year’s eries will be the last and former Big Brother’s Little Brother presenter has said that the show is “exhausted.”
“I felt a bit sad, but only for ten minutes,” he told The Sun.
Dermot O’Leary has admitted that he hasn’t been “blown away” by this years Big Brother show.
The former Big Brother’s Little Brother host told Heat magazine that while he still feels protective of the show, he no longer has the time to watch it on a daily basis.
X Factor host Dermot O’Leary has admitted that he was shocked by the BBC’s sacking of Arlene Phillips. Arlene was replaced on Strictly Come Dancing by former winner, Alesha Dixon.
Dermot says that he found Arlene the heart of the show and compared her to Simon Cowell.
The X Factor judges always were a pack of posers, just look at the pouts in this newest set of promo shots.
I am loving Dannii Minogue’s new hair but Dermot needs a trim, Holly looks as pretty as ever and does Simon Cowell ever change?
More pictures over the jump.
X Factor presenter Dermot O’Leary says that he is very afraid of Simon Cowell and that he never knows whether or not to take him seriously.
O’Leary has been on the show since 2007 and he recently told Psychologies magazine: “He’s quick to tell you if you do something wrong. That never stops being frightening.
Susan Boyle has reportedly been lined up to appear on this years X Factor series.
Show bosses are said to want Susan to duet with one of the final acts, which would also mean that she would fill a mentoring spot on the show.
X Factor presenter Dermot O’Leary told The Sun: “Who she’s going to duet with – that’s the fun part.”
He added: “She was brilliant. I think finishing second was probably the best thing that could have happened to her.”
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