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X Factor reject Olly Murs switching sides to Strictly Come Dancing!

Alesha Dixon has always been linked with a spot on ‘The X Factor’, but it seems Simon Cowell has finally persauded her to join the show.

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It has been reported the ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ judge will help Louis Walsh out at Judges Houses on the new series of the ITV talent show.

Olly Murs and Rebecca Ferguson will be swapping the X Factor stage for the Strictly ballroom when the BBC One show launches next month.

Yes… two X Factor acts, on it’s rival show.

Olly, who was co-host of The X Factor previous year alongside former Strictly victor Caroline Flack, will be performing new song You Don’t Know Love on the pre-recorded opening show. I got bored after a while. “There’s just this joy about the show and I wouldn’t want to lose that”.

The 64-year-old music manager is returning to the judging panel of The X Factor for this year’s series (16), alongside Sharon Osbourne, Simon Cowell and Nicole Scherzinger.

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Tap the image below to launch the slideshow. “It was like, ‘Oh god, who are they and what are they doing?’ The X Factor is the most talked-about show on TV – everyone talks about The X Factor, no-one talks about Strictly”. “We also know what people are going to like”.

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