No new pay deal for `The X-Factor`: Dannii

Dannii Minogue says she hasn`t signed a new pay deal for `The X Factor`.

London: Australian singer Dannii Minogue has shot down reports that she has signed a new pay deal for her return to "The X Factor" after her maternity leave.

The 38-year-old is pregnant with her first child with boyfriend and former rugby league player Kris Smith, and is due to give birth in July. There were rumours that she had thrashed out a 700,000 pounds pay deal with producers, reports a news website. However, she has now taken to her Twitter page to set the record straight and firmly denies the rumours. "Contrary to reports… there have been no discussions of pay with `The X Factor`, but we are in discussions to see how to make it all work," she wrote on the microblogging site. She is keen to get back to the show and said: "I hear first round of auditions are excellent. How exciting." IANS