'Hopefully, I'm the people's point of view because I'm just like you, I sit at home and I watch it... I'm not looking at it in a critical way from the producer's mind. I'm looking at it as a person who is going to buy the music and is going to relate to that person,' she said.

She will take her place on the panel after the audition rounds, where Abdul's role was filled by a number of celebrity judges including Shania Twain, Victoria Beckham and Mary J. Blige.

Former pop star and choreographer Abdul suddenly left the show in August, shortly before the ninth series began filming, for reasons which are still unclear.