Gary Barlow possibly the greatest judge ever!

Gary Barlow has been told to tone down his criticism of auditions as someone has threatened to commit suicide.

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The 40 year old Take That singer has recently taken a seat as one of the latest X Factor UK judge along with Kelly Rowland, Louis Walsh and Tulisa Contostavlos. But it seems that he is even worse than Simon Cowell. 'It's like Gary's evil twin turned up to judge! He's making Simon look like Mary Poppins'

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I'm glad that he has started off this way! I was worried that we would have a judging panel like Britain's Got Talent where they let anyone through to the live finals and therefore make the show an utter disappointment! The whole point in judging is to let the person know if they are good enough, and if not, why.

'When he told Pebbles she looked like a man at her Birmingham audition, you could of heard a pin drop. She was mortified and immediately complained...There has been several complaints over Gary's dressing-downs. One contestant said they felt like killing themselves after coming off stage. Gary has been asked to tone it down by contestants.'

Granted I wouldn't of pictured Gary being that kind of judge, but himself and Kelly are the only judges that I will be listening to on that show as they have something in their trophy cabinet which gives them the right to voice their opinion.

If this carries on then the ratings are going to be brilliant for Mr Cowell!

Gary Barlow announced as new X Factor judge

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Simon Cowell has finally confirmed that the rumours are true. Gary Barlow, singer of the famous Take That has agreed to become a judge for the ITV show The X Factor to replace Mr Cowell who has committed himself to the US version with fellow judge Cheryl Cole.

Simon who arrived for filming of the new show, told reporters 'Gary Barlow is the first person confirmed'. It is thought that Danni Minogue and unfortunately Louis Walsh will be returning as judges this year with another seat available now that Cheryl has been confirmed for the US version.

This is great news for the program as I was afraid we were going to have another celeb in the industry who either hasn't had any success as a solo artist or someone whos idea of talent is as good as Katie Price's relationship history.

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With a spare seat available to sit next to the 'Patience' singer, I am wondering who would be the best person to fill it. There is talk of several names being rumoured such as Lily Allen and Strictly Come Dancing judge Alesha Dixon to be potential judges.

Why don't they ask someone like Alexandra Burke to judge as she has experience in the competition and can give advice on dealing with the media attention as well as the singing.

Whatever happens I think this year will be very good now that they have Gary Barlow who has so much expertise in this business.

Let me know what you think guys x