 Sandilands added he wasn't hired to be "bland and boring", and that he was just being honest.In May 2010, it was announced that Sandilands would become one of the new judges as also the fourth judge on the second season of "The X Factor Australia", alongside other new judges Ronan Keating, Guy Sebastian and Natalie Imbruglia who replaced John Reid, Mark Holden and Kate Ceberano.On 16 March 2011, Sandilands announced on his breakfast radio show that he would not be returning as a judge in the third series of "The X Factor".