Dermot O’Leary confirms X Factor will NOT be returning next year

ok.co.uk:

Dermot O’Leary has hinted that we could be seeing a hiatus for popular talent TV show The X Factor next year. The show in its usual format was last seen on our screens in 2018, with two celebrity versions being shown in 2019 instead.

However, it seems that music mogul Simon Cowell has decided against bringing the show back next year, despite the promise of a COVID-19 vaccine that could see like starting to go back to normal as early as the spring.

Dermot, who hosts the hit show, appeared on this weekend’s Sunday Brunch and said fans are in for a “long wait.” Asked if he knew when the show was coming back, Dermot said: “If I knew, I’d tell you, because I’d be happy.