, he said: “I plan on working extremely hard to be a successful artist, I would love to continue to be involved with
X Factor and help future contestants."
Matt thinks his special bond with Nicole Scherzinger – who mentored him to success earlier this month – means he is a shoe in to be a guest judge at her judges’ houses stage in the future.
“We are so close and after our victory we will remain close and I’ll remain part of the family. We will see what I can do but to be at Judges’ Houses with her would be a dream, I will do what I can to help out,” Matt gushed.
Discussing his time on the ITV show further, Matt says that the panel of judges this past year has been the best ever with original judges Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and Sharon Osbourne back in the hot seats – alongside ex-Pussycat Dolls star Nicole.
He thinks it would be madness to change the line up and says he hopes it will be the same judging set up in the future – adding that their personable approach helped contestants feel at ease.
“I think I was really lucky to get who I did on the panel and I’d keep it the same. Every time I saw Sharon in the corridor she’d stop me and grab me and just say: ‘Oh I do love you Matt’, it was just a great bunch of people this year,” Matt recalled.
While Matt clearly has ambitions of appearing at judges houses on a future round of X Factor auditions – his own housing arrangement has been thrilling fans.
The Londoner is reportedly excited to be moving into a flat share with fellow X Factor 2016 contestant, Freddy Parker.
The friends – who have denied rumours of a relationship – are stepping up their bromance and moving in together in London just weeks after Matt won the ITV music competition.
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