Dermot O'Leary in the dark about X Factor The Band

Dermot O\'Leary is in the dark about \'The X Factor: The Band\'.

Simon Cowell recently announced the new talent show, which aims to find a new superstar boy and girl group, will replace his planned \'X Factor: All Stars\' programme, but \'X Factor\' host Dermot doesn\'t know a lot about the music mogul\'s new series.

Speaking exclusively to BANG Showbiz at the Royal Festival Hall in London on Tuesday night (12.11.19), he said: "He [Simon] literally just came up with it two weeks ago, so you\'re asking the wrong guy.

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"I\'ve got a meeting tomorrow, I\'ll find out a little bit more then.

"I know he\'s gonna put together a girl band, boy band and then, I guess they\'ll go head-to-head.

"Or maybe they won\'t, maybe it will be nice if we get them together and then everyone goes home."

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The 46-year-old TV presenter also admitted he has "enjoyed" hosting the \'The X Factor: Celebrity\' and admits the risk in changing the format has paid off.

Dermot said: "It has for me. It\'s kind of difficult for me to answer that question because I\'m really enjoying it and being down there.

"It\'s just nice to see, as a show it\'s got a lighter touch and it\'s been a lot of fun, and I think the people we\'ve got have got better and I think we\'ve found about four or five good singers."

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The star also admitted the celebrities have a strong desire to win the competition, even though they have other things to fall back on.

He added: "Now we\'re into the business end, people want it a little bit more, and even someone like Martin [Bashir], who even by his own admission is not the world\'s best singer, was genuinely gutted to go home."

Dermot also hinted at future projects with the BBC.

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He said: "I\'ve just signed another three things with the BBC, which I probably shouldn\'t be talking about but yeah, all good."