1D’s Louis to join Robbie and his wife on X Factor

SINGER Robbie Williams and his wife Ayda Field, along with One Direction star Louis Tomlinson, will join Simon Cowell on the judging panel for the next series of The X Factor.

Their new roles on the show were confirmed at a press conference for the ITV talent programme yesterday.

The trio will fill the gap left by last year’s judges Louis Walsh — the show’s longest-serving panellist — Sharon Osbourne and Nicole Scherzinger.

Williams and Turkish-American actress and Loose Women regular Field are the first couple to join the panel in the programme’s history.

Earlier in the day Tomlinson reassured his fans that his music will always be his priority.

Tomlinson rose to fame as part of One Direction, who finished third during the 2010 run of The X Factor. He acted as a guest judge on the programme in 2015.