Louis Walsh has claimed axed \'X Factor: Celebrity\' stars Brendan Cole and Jeremy Edwards "might" return to the show in 2020.
The Irish music manager - who is mentoring the Unders - has suggested the former \'Strictly Come Dancing\' professional and \'Hollyoaks\' actor could make a comeback on the ITV talent show, if they work on their singing.
He told The Sun newspaper\'s Bizarre TV column: "They might be coming back next year. They\'re going to go away, rehearse and come back and be quite good."
The pair failed to impress the judges - Louis, Nicole Scherzinger and Simon Cowell - and special guest Howie Mandel with their audition of Kylie Minogue\'s \'Love At First Sight\'.
Jeremy slammed comedian Howie, a friend of Simon\'s who was in the audience, for his harsh criticism of their performance.
He said: "This was just me, I can\'t speak for Brendan on this. Brendan is more used to it than I am.
"They edited down quite a lot of what Howie said and I\'m going to be completely honest with you, I don\'t think a lot of it was necessary.
"I don\'t mind criticism and certain things didn\'t work.
"But certain things did and there was a lot of positives there, but A, he talked for ages and B, it was negative, negative, negative.
"At one point I wanted to say, \'dude, you\'re not even a judge so can you shut up. It only matters what these three say\'."
However, Brendan insisted he enjoyed the experience.
He said: "It was actually kind of clarifying because nobody knew what was going to be put out on the show.
"We were all there, it\'s a hell of an experience and they\'ve put together this incredible show and I was proud watching it.
"You cringe at your own stuff obviously, but as a whole you\'re proud of everybody because everyone has put together a really great show.
"The production team have obviously done a great job and here we are. I think it\'s going to be good Saturday night television."
