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Simon Cowell had secret affair with ‘X Factor’ judge Dannii Minogue

LONDON — Simon Cowell had a sensational secret affair with “X Factor” judge Dannii Minogue, The Sun can reveal.

The TV mogul, 52, confessed they were lovers when they worked on the show. He admitted, “I had a crush. It was genuine love.”

And he reveals he lusted after Cheryl Cole, another judge, and wanted to bed her too, when his feelings for Dannii cooled.

The astonishing revelations are made in a book published next month called “Sweet Revenge — The Intimate Life of Simon Cowell,” by acclaimed biographer Tom Bower.

The blockbuster also tells how Cowell planned to seduce Dannii’s friend, fellow Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia, just last year after inviting her on to his yacht.

It reveals how Cowell “fell in love” with Dannii, now 40 and a mom of one.

This month Dannii — on the UK’s “The X Factor” from 2007 to 2010 — split from Kris Smith, 33, the father of her 21-month-old son Ethan, after four years.

Then Cowell became obsessed with Cole, 28, when she joined the show. He was “mesmerized” by her many visits to his dressing room and moved her to sit next to him on the panel.

To read more, go to The Sun