Holly Willoughby has decided to leave X Factor spinoff show ‘The Xtra Factor’ and concentrate on her This Morning role instead.

Holly gave birth to her first baby in May and earlier this year she admitted that she wasn’t sure if she could continue on the show.

Holly said: “I don’t know if I’ll be back on The X Factor. It’s going to be shortly after the arrival, and I don’t know if I want to rush. I need to decide soon.”

She told Closer magazine: “I love being in The X Factor, but we’ve got to see if we can work it out.”

Now it seems that Holly has made her decision and decided not to return to the ITV2 TV show..

A source told The Mirror: “Holly is incredibly popular and she has been offered jobs that are every presenter’s dream, but something has to give.

“Everything had to be juggled for Holly to be able to sign up for This Morning and film the Xtra Factor and there is no way that she will be able to do it again next year.

“Things take their toll and as much as she loves the Xtra Factor, Holly realises there is no real possibility of her returning next year.”

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.”

The memo also told the presenters to toe the party line, on issues like judge rivalry and Louis Walsh’s predictions that his category will lose.

The source added: “Even Simon Cowell was annoyed with what Louis said. He made it sound as if he didn’t care about his acts. Producers don’t want viewers to think that.”

Holly Willoughby is rumoured to be leaving the Xtra Factor next year and favourite to replace her is One Show host, Christine Bleakley.

“Holly’s enjoyed Xtra Factor but feels the time is right to step aside and let someone else have a go,” a source told The Daily Star.

No doubt Holly is feeling a bit overworked. Between her new role on This Morning, her presenting stint on ITV’s Dancing On Ice and her weekly slot on the Xtra Factor, she can’t have much spare time spend with her new son Harry.

Christine Bleakley is said to be Simon Cowell’s preferred choice for the ITV2 spinoff show.

Holly Willoughby has admitted that she gets nervous when X Factor judges hold her three month old baby Harry.

The Xtra Factor host says that Dannii and Cheryl love seeing Harry during film breaks, but she is always worried that he will throw up on their dresses.

Willoughby told Now: “I’d go to the judging room and Dannii and Cheryl would be like, ‘Hurry up and bring him in’.

“I was always scared to let them hold him after he’d just eaten though, in case he puked all over their lovely outfits. They would be holding him and I’d be thinking, ‘Harry, please don’t chuck up’. They were so good with him.”

Holly Willoughby was worried when she returned to work on The Xtra Factor, only months after giving birth to her first child, Harry. However, she needn’t have panicked as it seems like she has quite the accommodating boss!

When Holly flies out to film the judges home stage of the show, her husband (Dan Baldwin) and baby will be joining her. Baldwin told The Telegraph:

Harry and I will be coming along when Holly is filming at one of Simon Cowell’s houses in sunnier climes next week.

I can’t say which one, but I won’t have much time to get a tan, anyway, as I’ll be looking after Harry while Holly is working. I’ll probably get 10 minutes’ on the sun lounger at a time if I am lucky.

Holly, 28, says:

It will be lovely to have them along. I’ve been flying backwards and forwards all week for filming.

Xtra Factor presenter, Holly Willoughby, has admitted that her new baby son Harry has already been introduced to all things X Factor. In fact she has even bought him an X Factor sleepsuit!

Holly told the Daily Star: “Harry is having a lovely time – he even has an X Factor Babygro!”

Holly continued: “It has been a bit frantic.

“I switch between interviewing and feeding Harry. They even have feeding breaks written into my schedules!”

Xtra Factor presenter Holly Willoughby has admitted that she is terrified of Simon Cowell.

She said: “I love Louis, and Cheryl and Dannii are lovely girls.

“But I’m terrified of Simon.

“It’s weird, he’s never been anything but nice to me.

“But it’s this aura he has.”

Read Holly’s full interview in Hello! magazine, out now.

Holly Willoughby has revealed teh strange names of a third set of twins who auditioned for this year’s X Factor.

We have already heard how John Paul and Edward Grimes, 17, and Leona Lewis lookalikes Kim and Laura Goddard, wowed the judges, but Holly admitted that there was one more set who made an impact on the judges.

She told the Daily Record: “There was a group in Scotland and they were called ‘One’ and ‘Two’ because they were twins and had actually been christened this – seriously. I wouldn’t have believed it until they showed me their driving licences.”

The presenter also admitted that she disapproves of some of the decisions which have been made by the judges so far this series.

She said: “I think a few have slipped through the net this year, but what do I know?”

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.

Tonight on ITV2 Holly Willoughby looks back at the trials and tribulations of The X Factor 2008. From the most memorable auditions to tough decisions at Boot Camp, the pressures of Judges Houses and the glitz and glamour of the live shows. Also features exclusive interviews with the Judges as they reveal their thoughts on the last series.

Saturday, 15 August 2009, 6:50PM – 7:50PM