'X-Factor' judge Louis Walsh has been "sacked" by boss Simon Cowell after 11 years on the singing reality show, it has been revealed.
According to a source for The Sun, Cowell spoke to Walsh and told him that it was 95 per cent confirmed that the reality show judge will be "stood down' this year".
Speaking on Irish television, the 62-year-old reality judge said that he was done with 'X-Factor' and he kind of neglected his day job as a manager and wanted to get back to it.
Louis continued that he had done 11 seasons on the singing reality show and that was a long time on television and the producers were going to change it and might opt for a few new faces.
The 2015 series of 'X-Factor' has already seen Dermot O'Leary quit only to be replaced by Olly Murs and Caroline Flack.