Troubled pop star Michael Jackson is set to stage a comeback in Britain as a panel judge on The X Factor show. An insider told the Sun newspaper: "We’ve got some huge names but Michael Jackson really is a sensational signing. He is a truly global, worldwide superstar. And this will be his first TV appearance in Britain since the Martin Bashir interview. Given his background with ITV, it’s even more astonishing that he agreed to do it."
The gloved one, 49, will appear on an X Factor show due to be broadcast December 1 on the same channel, ITV, which broadcast his disastrous interview with Bashir which eventually led to the court case of him allegedly molesting a boy.
Other big names reported to appear on the show are Celine Dion, Rihanna, Shayne Ward, Leona Lewis, Westlife and Mariah Carey.
As a panelist, Jacko will mentor the show’s contestants, some of whom are as young as 14
