Dannii Minogue has confirmed that she plans to return to The X Factor after she has her baby. It was earlier rumoured that she intended to quit the show.

38-year-old Dannii, who announced that she is pregnant with her first child earlier this month, insisted that she wants to continue as a judge on the ITV1 show.

“I’ve no plans to stop working and take any time off – apart from the actual birth,” she told a popular newspaper. Former Spice Girl Mel B was rumoured to be taking her seat alongside Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and Cheryl Cole.