Britney Spears to return to X Factor USA

American X Factor judge ... Britney Spears

BRITNEY Spears has said she will return as a judge on the US X Factor next year.

The Toxic hit-maker signed a mega-bucks deal, estimated to be worth £9.3 million, earlier this year and is halfway through her first series.
Spears, 30, has now revealed she is planning to resume her place on the panel next year.
She told reporters at an X Factor finalist party in Los Angeles: "Yes, I definitely will [return]."
The singer used America's presidential election to help rally support for her contestants on the live X Factor show this week.
She told her followers on Twitter: "So happy to see all of u out voting today. Keep the spirit alive tmrw for my teens on X Factor... maybe I can get online & vote with u?

X Factor judges ... L-R LA Reid, Demi Lovato, Britney Spears, Simon Cowell