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Take That’s Mark Owen will definitely NOT follow Gary Barlow onto X Factor but Howard Donald will speak German on Got To Dance!

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Mark Owen has revealed that he wouldn’t even consider becoming an X Factor judge, because he just doesn’t think he’s tough enough.

The Take That singer loves hanging out with his bandmate Gary Barlow backstage at the ITV show and no doubt he’ll pay the team a few visits again this year, as Gaz has been confirmed for the latest series, which begins filming next month.

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X Factor 2013: Louis Walsh confirms Sharon Osbourne’s return, spills on Take That’s Gary Barlow & wants Nicole Scherzinger over Mel B!

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Louis Walsh has been teasing this year’s X Factor lineup in a brand new interview.

The Irish star will definitely be back on the ITV show for his tenth series and he’s confirmed that Gary Barlow will be on the panel too when auditions begin in a few week’s time.

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Take That’s Mark Owen says One Direction and Union J should “Look after each other” adding, “That’s the only advice I’d ever give”

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There’s not a lot you could tell Take That star Mark Owen about being in a boy band, and during a recent interview, Mark has offered a few words of advice to X Factor success stories One Direction and Union J, imploring them to “look after each other.”

Mark, who’s set to release his new solo album – which is entitled The Art of Doing Nothing – next month exclusively told MTV News UK, “I think it’s exciting when new acts come along and people get really into them like One Direction and Union J… Read more & comment »

One Direction’s Zayn Malik admits comparisons to Take That are ‘surreal’ & Harry Styles hates seeing girls cry!

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Zayn Malik has admitted that he finds it ‘surreal’ to be compared to other bands who have achieved fame.

Over their two year long career, the X Factor stars have been compared to The Beatles, Take That and The Backstreet Boys (apparently, according to these two interviewers) and in an interview in Germany recently, Zayn admitted that he finds the whole thing very, very strange.

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X Factor’s Gary Barlow welcomes Take That’s Mark Owen to Twitter as he announces new solo album

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Gary Barlow has welcomed his pal Mark Owen to Twitter.

The Take That star opened an account on the micro blogging website this afternoon and so far, has only written one tweet.

The X Factor judge sent his bandmate and long time friend a message which read:

“Welcome to twitter @officialmarkO”

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X Factor’s Olly Murs happy to have sex with Take That’s Robbie Williams & Rob’s confirmed for Capital FM Summertime Ball

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Robbie Williams recently joked that he would be willing to have sex with olly Murs on tour and it seems that he might have struck himself a deal!

The Take That star has asked the X Factor singer to support him as they perform at arenas around the UK for his ‘Take The Crown’ concerts and Rob admitted that he would have ‘live sex’ with the ‘Army Of Two’ hitmaker if it boosted his ticket sales.

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Take That’s Gary Barlow confirmed for Radio 2 ’2DAY’ – Simon Cowell to change everything about X Factor 2013

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Gary Barlow is pressing ahead with his solo career and the Take That singer has just been added to the lineup for the upcoming Radio 2 concert in London in May.

The ‘Rule The World’ hitmaker will take to the stage at the Friday Night Is Music Night event ’2DAY’, which will be staged in Hackney Empire on the 10th May and the dad of three will play songs from his Take That and solo albums.

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X Factor 2013: Gary Barlow’s writing a West End musical! Will it chart Take That’s rise, fall and rise again?

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It’s been revealed this morning that X Factor judge and Take That star Gary Barlow is penning a musical that’s destined for the West End, and inevitably, it’s rumoured that Gary may make the rise, fall and rise again of Take That the focus of the production.

According to the Daily Mirror, Gary’s co-writing the musical with his pal Eliott Kennedy, and of that, the paper adds, “The pair have been thrashing out ideas, with Gary drawing on his experience with Take That and his rise to superstardom.”

A source close to Gary told the paper, “Gary’s the happiest he’s ever been in his career right now and loves being given the freedom to write music and take on different projects… Read more & comment »

X Factor 2013: Take That’s Gary Barlow tells fans ‘you’ll regret this!’

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Gary Barlow was amazed by the massive response he got to a message on twitter recently and he has warned fans that it will lead to more of the same.

The Take That star is currently enjoying some down time with his family, presumably before the X Factor circus begins again next month and this week he spent a few hours cleaning up his old keyboard.

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X Factor 2013: Gary Barlow & Take That heading to Glastonbury? Mark Owen drops hints!

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Take That have been very quiet since their Progress Live tour last year but it sounds like the band could soon be taking to the stage once more.

Mark Owen has revealed that he would love to headline Glastonbury next year and he admitted that he plans to raise the idea with his bandmates Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange and maybe even Robbie Williams at their next meeting.

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