Many people have been speculating that this years X Factor series will be the last for Australian judge, Dannii Minogue and this week Heat magazine have reported that Simon Cowell is considering replacing her with a young male judge instead.

“Dannii was brought in initially to be the younger counterpart to Sharon, but since Cheryl arrived, she has replaced Dannii in that role and become so much more popular. It’s doubtful Dannii will be here for the next series,” a source reportedly told Heat.

The source added that Sharon Osbourne will not be returning to the show saying:

“Sharon won’t be coming back.

“Instead the idea at the moment is to bring in a younger, male judge,” the source apparently said.

You can read the full story in Heat magazine, which is out tomorrow.