{"id":1775,"date":"2012-08-27T14:13:46","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T13:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/?p=1775"},"modified":"2012-09-14T23:39:21","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T22:39:21","slug":"olympics-diver-tom-daley-signs-up-for-the-x-factor-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/1775\/olympics-diver-tom-daley-signs-up-for-the-x-factor-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympics Diver Tom Daley signs up for The X Factor 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Tom Daley diver on the x factor\" src=\"\/images\/sports\/olympics\/tomdaley.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Daley diver on the x factor\" width=\"257\" height=\"286\" \/>Team GB Olympics bronze medal winner Tom Daley has reportedly signed up to appear on The X Factor this year.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Team GB pinup boy will not be showcasing his singing talents, but is likely to be helping out with the fitness program of the contestants.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Sun, the young diver could be seen helping out the acts by coaching them to get fit in the gym.<\/p>\n<p>However, Daley is said to be really after a presenting role, after previously admitted he\u2019d love a move into telly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the athletes are keen to be involved. But Tom is keenest by far and he makes a really good match for X Factor\u2019s core audience of teenage girls,\u201d a source told the tabloid today.<\/p>\n<p>The insider explained: \u201cTom is great on the telly and he\u2019d really like to get involved in all the live shows in some way. Ideas being kicked about at the moment include making him a roving reporter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe could take the contestants out and about to film or to be their personal trainer. He\u2019s keen to work with Dermot. He reckons he\u2019s the best in the business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But despite The Sun\u2018s claims, Olympians linked with the show have denied any such talks have taken place.<\/p>\n<p>Track cyclist Sir Chris Hoy took to Twitter recently to claim: \u201cSome amusing stories in press about me being a mentor on X Factor. That\u2019s the first I\u2019ve heard about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0466605792016836\";\n\/* auditions mid page 300x250, created 9\/6\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"2217652781\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team GB Olympics bronze medal winner Tom Daley has reportedly signed up to appear on The X Factor this year. However, the Team GB pinup boy will not be showcasing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,3],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-1775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-x-factor-2012","category-news","tag-tom-daley","clearfix"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1775"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1919,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1775\/revisions\/1919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}