As far as she's aware Tulisa's coming back as a judge on The X Factor

AND SO IT CONTINUES: Tulisa has (sort of) confirmed she'll be back as a judge on The X Factor during an interview with BBC Newsbeat.

"As far as I know I've been confirmed so everyone shall be seeing me this season," she said.

On the subject of Simon Cowell and her recent 'travails' she said: "He def­in­itely dropped me a text and said some really kind words to me and I'm just really grateful to him for sup­port­ing me."

She also revealed that some of her new songs have been influ­enced by her life exper­i­ences, saying that "music is a way of speaking and express­ing yourself". Indeed.