Sharon Osborne set to stir up the X-Factor

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Fiery Sharon Osborne is set to stir things up on this series of the X-Factor as it’s been revealed she’ll be joining the show temporarily.

Two years after she dramatically quit the show, later revealing she left because of fellow judge Dannii Minogue, the 57-year-old is now set to re-join the hit ITV talent search programme.

Sharon will be joining regular judge Louise Walsh to help him whittle down a shortlist of finalists to make it through to the live finals during the judges’ houses segment of the show.

Last year, Irish judge Louis enlisted the help of singer Ronan Keating while trying to decide which acts would make it onto the live shows. However, given the Boyzone singer’s recent personal problems, it was thought best if he stepped down from his role on this year’s series.

One person who won’t be happy to hear the news that the wife of Ozzy Osborne is back on the box will be X-Factor judge Dannii Minogue. The pair famously clashed on the show, with Sharon later admitting that the Aussie singer was the reason she gave up her role as a judge.

Dannii is due to return to the X-Factor next month during the judges’ houses section of the show after taking time out to have her baby boy Ethan.

The new series of the show kicked off last Saturday night and is already causing controversy after it was discovered that auto tone technology had been used to enhance the performances of singers during the audition process.

Ronan Keating splits from wife of 12 years

Ronan and Yvonne have revealed their decision to end their 12-year marriage

Ronan and Yvonne have revealed their decision to end their 12-year marriage

The shock announcement came yesterday (Thursday) that singer Ronan Keating and his wife Yvonne had called time of their marriage after 12 years. The couple had what was considered to be one of the strongest marriages in showbiz so the news has come as a great shock to fans and even those couple to the pair.

Since the split was revealed, the tabloids have been full of rumours that the Boyzone star’s friendship with a dancer is the root cause of the break-down of his marriage. According to a number of newspaper reports, Ronan became close to a blonde dancer while the band were on a comeback tour last year.

However there has been no formal word on why the Ronan and former model Yvonne have split, although they have said in a statement that their children are a top priority and that they will both do all they can to make the split as painless as possible for their kids.

33-year-old Ronan and Yvonne met as teenagers, marrying in a ceremony on a Caribbean island in 1998. Their first child was born within their first year of marriage. The couple have three children between them, 11-year-old Jack, Marie 9, and Ali who is 4 year old.