Last Updated: 23 Apr 2010

Going to replace pregnant Dannii?

We all know the lovely Miss Minogue is pregnant with her first child and that the due date was sometime in the summer. But now news is emerging that the baby's due right smack bang in the middle of when this year's X Factor auditions are taking place.

Apparently Simon is concerned that the judging panel cannot work the same way if Dannii is only there for the live shows and doesn't get the chance to see the contestants that she may be mentoring actually audition.

However, we all know the furore that broke out when Denise Van Outen was sacked from the BBC show 'Over the Rainbow' because she was pregnant, and savvy Simon wouldn't want to deal with that kind of that kind of backlash.

So as yet, Dannii's future on the show is unclear, but it's not looking good.