Marcus Collins is thrilled that his X Factor mentor Gary Barlow is set to return to the judging panel for the eighth series of the show and said whoever gets him as a mentor will be very “lucky”.
It was revealed earlier today that the 'Take That' star is to to return to the show, with bosses reportedly so keen to get him back he has been given a huge pay rise.
Marcus, who came second in the competition said whoever gets Gary as a mentor will be “blessed” he told Entertainmentwise: “Lucky them.”
“Whoever gets Gary is going to be really blessed because he will stick by you. It will be great because he is just so involved with everything,” he added.
Despite acting coy about his chances of returning, the Take That star has now revealed that he was involved in talks to return for the 2012 series even before the end of the last show.
He told The Sun: “I started talks two weeks before the last one finished. We are talking."
The rest of the judges are yet to be announced but don’t ask Marcus who may join Gary on the panel because he is just as clueless as everyone else.
The Liverpudlian joked: “I don’t really know, I wish I did everyone keeps asking me like I know, why are they going to tell me? I don’t know.”
The singer has already finished his debut album, which was produced by his X Factor mentor. Though he is concentrating on music, the singer didn’t rule out the chance of him appearing on the other side of the X Factor desk in the future.
Marcus revealed: “Maybe in ten years time. I don’t know if anyone would take my criticism seriously, I’m not at Gary Barlow’s standard yet."
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