Plans for an X Factor musical are reportedly underway, with producers awaiting the go-ahead from Simon Cowell.

Speaking to the Metro, Cowell has said that he’s “going to see a workshop on it in a couple of weeks’ time.”

The idea was broached last year when comedian Harry Hill revealed he’d been working on a script.

Cowell said: “First of all we just want to find out if it will work or not. What I’m hearing from a couple ...