As series ten of X Factor gets ready to kick off details have been revealed about where the judges will whisk contestants off to in the judges houses stage as well as which stars will be giving them a helping hand.

Now that the contestants have battled it through boot camp they’ll visit top notch locations as they move on to the judges houses stage.   Infamous for flying the hopefuls off to exotic locations this year is no different as they are treated to a load of lovely places.

Heat reported that according to The Sun Nicole Scherzinger will head to the sun with the girls in Antigua, with Louis Walsh following suit as he takes the boys to the South of France.

The other two judges are going stateside as Gary Barlow and the groups are taking a trip to New York and Sharon Osbourne is headed to Los Angeles with the overs.

A source commented: “Once again the bosses have pulled out all the stops and have chosen some glamorous locations for judges’ houses”.

And the guest judges have big boots to fill with the likes of Cheryl Cole, Tinie Tempah and Ne-Yo giving their opinions last year.

But they’ve pulled out all the stops again with Walsh bringing, not one but two helping hands, Kelly Osbourne and ex-Westlife member Shane Filan.

Gary has stayed within the X Factor family and has asked Olly Murs, old X Factor runner-up back in 2006 with Nicole Scherzinger inviting Mary J Blige along.

Sharon however has remained tight-lipped and there is no word of who she’ll be roping in to help her.

The hit ITV series will return later this month.

Source: entertainmentwise.com