Will.i.am joins The X Factor as mentor

Will.i.am has joined The X Factor as the mentor for Team Britney Spears.

Will was a coach on The Voice UK this year. He joins Marc Anthony, Nick Jonas and Justin Bieber as mentors this year on The X Factor.

From TV Guide:

The pop princess is about to get some help from a Black Eyed Pea! Sources confirm to TV Guide Magazine that singer and record producer will.i.am will join new X Factor judge Britney Spears as a mentor for her crop of contestants during the Judge's Home round on the upcoming second season of Fox's reality singing competition. Spears and will.i.am recently collaborated on a track entitled "Sexy Sexy" for his new solo album #willpower, due out Oct. 15.