The 39-year-old Aussie is flying back from her hometown of Melbourne with baby Ethan and boyfriend Kris Smith, and has booked an 'open return' in the hope that she will be asked to stay for the X Factor auditions in May.
According to The Sun, she will attend meetings about her fashion line, Project D, and then meet with the show's production company talkbackTHAMES to find out if she will be invited back to judge the talent contest for another year.
A source told the newspaper, 'All signs are looking good and she has been told to keep her diary free for May for when the auditions take place.'
ITV insiders rubbished reports that she and fellow judge Louis Walsh had been axed.