The X Factor New Zealand is welcoming a new judge who dished on her excitement to be part of the singing competition.

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On Sunday, Stuff posted an interview with Natalie Bassingthwaighte who will be joining the series to replace Natalia Kills who was let go after bullying a contestant. The new judge told the publication how she found out she was going to appear, which came at a pretty exciting time.

"I was asked my interest and spoke to the producers, then discussed with my husband to see if we could even make it work," the 39-year-old said. "Negotiations took place and then...I found out it was happening and [flew straight to New Zealand]! One crazy week. My first live show was that Sunday!"

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As a singer, Bassingthwaighte will probably know her information when it comes to being a great performer. But the woman has taken a break from belting out her voice with no official word if she'll get back to it.

"I've kind of stepped back from that a little bit," she said. "I was thinking at the beginning of last year that it's something that I wanted to do and then last year was a bit tough for me. I had a lot of personal things. I just felt that it was all happening and then I just felt I couldn't do it any more."

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