Dermot O’Leary experiences a weird and ghoulishly alternative set of X Factor judges when he hosts The B Factor; an eerie X Factor spoof on Saturday morning, in Ross Lee’s Ghoulies on Nickelodeon.

Dermot is drafted in to play ‘host’ to a talent show with a twist – to find kids’ presenter Ross Lee a new butler.

Ross is quick to line up the judges for his contest and they are all rather familiar to Dermot: a Geordie witch called ‘Cheryl Mole’; Ross’ friend Armpit as a puppet-like version of Simon Cowell with high-waisted trousers and a mop of jet black hair. Ross’ other friend Mr Budgie (a talking head) morphs into a Louis Walsh-a-like with grey hair and an Irish accent; and Ross himself transforms into an Australian diva with long dark hair and a leopard print dress.

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X Factor presenter Dermot O’Leary has been hired as a team captain on the BBC Two music quiz ‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks.’

Dermot won’t be a permanent captain however, but will be one of the guest fill ins replacing Bill Bailey who has quit the show after 11 series.

Other captains will include Mark Ronson, Frank Skinner, Jack Dee, Johnny Vegas and Bob Mortimer.