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| Rita Ora quits X Factor after one season | |
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| Rita Ora has quit The X Factor after appearing for just one season. | Rita Ora has quit The X Factor after appearing for just one season. |
| With both Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Nick Grimshaw having left the ITV talent show, the only judge now remaining from the 2015 lineup is Simon Cowell. | With both Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Nick Grimshaw having left the ITV talent show, the only judge now remaining from the 2015 lineup is Simon Cowell. |
| Ora tweeted: “I had a ball on @TheXFactor last year and will miss the team.” | Ora tweeted: “I had a ball on @TheXFactor last year and will miss the team.” |
| I had a ball on @TheXFactor last year and will miss the team. | I had a ball on @TheXFactor last year and will miss the team. |
| She also addressed a message to Cowell, writing: “Can’t wait to work with you again ... I’ll be round for dinner soon. Thank you for the experience & love X.” | She also addressed a message to Cowell, writing: “Can’t wait to work with you again ... I’ll be round for dinner soon. Thank you for the experience & love X.” |
| @simoncowell can't wait to work with you again... I'll be round for dinner soon. Thank you for the experience & love X | @simoncowell can't wait to work with you again... I'll be round for dinner soon. Thank you for the experience & love X |
| An X Factor spokesman said: “Rita brought a great energy to the show last year and did a brilliant job mentoring the girls’ category, leading Louisa to victory. | An X Factor spokesman said: “Rita brought a great energy to the show last year and did a brilliant job mentoring the girls’ category, leading Louisa to victory. |
| “We wish her all the best with her music and film plans for the rest of the year.” | “We wish her all the best with her music and film plans for the rest of the year.” |
| The 25-year-old singer joined last year’s series of The X Factor after moving over from The Voice UK. | The 25-year-old singer joined last year’s series of The X Factor after moving over from The Voice UK. |
| Ora mentored the “girls” category and went on to win the show with her act, Louisa Johnson. | Ora mentored the “girls” category and went on to win the show with her act, Louisa Johnson. |
| The Poison star’s exit follows last month’s news that Fernandez-Versini will not be returning as a judge. | The Poison star’s exit follows last month’s news that Fernandez-Versini will not be returning as a judge. |
| She quit in April to focus on her music career, saying in a statement: “I have learnt so much and enjoyed nurturing talent but I’ve missed making music and am excited to be recording again.” | She quit in April to focus on her music career, saying in a statement: “I have learnt so much and enjoyed nurturing talent but I’ve missed making music and am excited to be recording again.” |
| Radio DJ Grimshaw had already quit as a judge, while the show’s presenters, Caroline Flack and Olly Murs, also confirmed they would not return. | Radio DJ Grimshaw had already quit as a judge, while the show’s presenters, Caroline Flack and Olly Murs, also confirmed they would not return. |
| Flack and Murs’s exit made way for the return of X Factor favourite Dermot O’Leary, who confirmed in March that he was coming back to the show. | Flack and Murs’s exit made way for the return of X Factor favourite Dermot O’Leary, who confirmed in March that he was coming back to the show. |
| The 42-year-old said he was “excited to be back” as presenter after a year away from the job. | The 42-year-old said he was “excited to be back” as presenter after a year away from the job. |
| O’Leary, who had been a mainstay of the show for eight years, left in 2015, saying it was “time for me to move on”. | O’Leary, who had been a mainstay of the show for eight years, left in 2015, saying it was “time for me to move on”. |
| However, he agreed to return, saying: “I’m very flattered to be asked back to The X Factor, and am currently dusting off my dancing shoes.” | However, he agreed to return, saying: “I’m very flattered to be asked back to The X Factor, and am currently dusting off my dancing shoes.” |