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NICOLE SCHERZINGER can see no reason why she won’t be back on the judging panel when The X Factor returns for its 15th series next year. “It’s probably in the bag that I’m going to be back next year. I love my job and I love my X Factor family,” the 39-year-old tells OK! magazine. “We’ve had a lot of fun this year. And I love the UK, it would feel weird for me not to be back here. It’s my other home.” And speaking of her X Factor family, to whom does she feel closest on the panel? “I’m very close with Sharon [Osbourne] and Louis [Walsh]. I love Simon [Cowell] but he has a million things he’s doing so he’s not around as much.”