Don’t believe everything we said in our previous post. Chris Moyles will not be stepping in to replace Sharon Osbourne on the X Factor. In fact, Chris may never have anything to do with the show again if his tirade on Radio 1 this morning was anything to go by!

As a long-time Moyles disciple, I know he’s a big fan of the X Factor. He even went as far as to take part in the celebrity version.

However, this year he’s been less than impressed with the show, and is annoyed that every time there’s a judging ‘crisis’, his name is mentioned in connection with the show. According to the papers, he’s “waiting in the wings should Sharon decide not to return”.

Chris obviously believes that the publicity team for X Factor are behind these leaks and has called on them to stop using his name as a means to promote their show.

Unfortunately, I was in my car when this was broadcast (at about 6:40am early risers!), so no direct quotes – but from memory, he said that the show was a sham and all these arguments between the judges were a farce to attract press attention. Interestingly, he said that people leave the show all the time, but they always seem to come back, implying that the departures are pure pantomime – a direct challenge to Sharon Osbourne to stand by her decision to quit?

This would certainly be in line with what we heard about how Sharon treated Rhidian.

Apparently, Chris had a similar outburst last week about X Factor using his name for publicity, but at the same time, denying his show access to the contestants for interviews.

Now, I’ll probably get shot down for saying this, but I’m getting a different vibe from X Factor this year. Something’s wrong. Not sure if it’s frontstage or happening behind the scenes, but something’s not right with the show.

This site was founded on X Factor coverage, and we hate to see the show suffering so much. With the crap-fest that was this year’s Big Brother, we were hoping X Factor would raise the bar for UK reality TV. So far, we’re still waiting…