The Take That hunk will join Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger and singer Michael Bublé on the panel of the new-look show.

ITV is lining up the stars to replace Simon Cowell, 51 because he will be in America promoting the US version of the show, and is widely expected to take 27-year-old fellow judge Cheryl Cole with him.

The three singers will appear as guest judges at the public auditions, just as 32-year-old Nicole did last year when Cheryl was struck down with malaria.

Robbie, 36, and 35-year-old Michael both have close links with the show, having duetted with the finalists in the last two series.

Regular panelists Louis Walsh, 58, and Dannii Minogue, 39, have already been tipped to return when the try-outs begin in May.

It is understood that Simon intends to return for the live TV shows in the autumn and then fly between the UK and the States as the contests reach their climax.

Last year he teased about the new series: “Expect big changes. There could be different time slots and different people.”

Simon is expected to make an announcement about the show’s future in the next few weeks. But an X Factor spokesman said last night: “No decisions have been made.”

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The TAKE THAT star became friends with SARAH FERGUSON after meeting on mobile phone tycoon JOHN CAUDWELL's yacht on holiday in the Caribbean.

They got on so well, Rob's given her and her daughters Princess BEATRICE and EUGENIE an open invite to his pad in LA.

A source said: "Robbie and his wife AYDA really hit it off with Fergie. They were all on John Caudwell's yacht and chatted for hours about all sorts.

"Robbie's been telling everyone how much he likes her. He's told Fergie and the girls they can visit him and Ayda in LA whenever they like. Robbie says they'll be friends for life."

Ayda was snapped shopping in St Barts' boutiques with the debt-stricken Duchess last month.

Perhaps Fergie will ask her new best pals if she can stay at the end of April – the weekend of PRINCE WILLIAM and KATE MIDDLETON's wedding.
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Music isn’t just there for the good times. Heartbreak has been a muse for many musicians. Here are some great songs to cry along with or soundtrack photo-burning and voodoo doll-puncturing. They range from a bitter Alanis and a bruised Amy to a George Michael version of Bonnie Raitt’s resigned classic.

LOVE WILL TEAR US APART: Joy Division
COME PICK ME UP: Ryan Adams
BLACK: Pearl Jam
YOU OUGHTA KNOW: Alanis Morrisette
I CAN’T MAKE YOU LOVE ME: George Michael
NOTHING COMPARES 2U: Sinead O’Connor
THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL: ABBA
BACK TO BLACK: Amy Winehouse
SEXED UP: Robbie Williams
THE NIGHT WE CALLED IT A DAY: Frank Sinatra

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The Rock DJ star, who reunited with the boyband last year, revealed how the ordeal sapped him of any creativity and left him emotionally drained.

“I think every person’s job either feeds them or takes from them,” Robbie explained. “Take That, for me, the first time, took from me. It gave me money, it gave me a standard of living, but it robbed me of my voice.”

He admitted that the ordeal made him question whether to reunite with the lads, but that age and experience made things much easier this time around. Rob said that sorting out his differences with Gary Barlow had been cathartic and contributed to the creative process.

“To come back as an older adult, on my guard a bit and wiser, I know it sounds melodramatic, but it’s like there’s this thing up there, and we can all give to it and get back from it, and it shines into us, and we can all grow from it,” the singer explained. “Or it will just rob us again, and we’ll leave, with all this s**t that we didn’t say or didn’t do.”

On a brighter note, Take That’s track Rule The World, which was recorded before Robbie rejoined the fold, has been named most played movie track ever.

The theme song from Stardust narrowly beat Dirty Dancing anthem I've Had The Time Of My Life to top the survey, which looked at the number of times a track was played on radio or in shops and pubs.
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