Seven bans Melanie Brown from hosting The Project Melanie Brown has been banned from guest-hosting Ten Network's The Project after the Seven Network stepped in with a court order. FORMER 'X Factor Australia' judge Melanie Brown has been banned from guest-hosting Ten Network's 'The Project', after the Seven Network stepped in with a court order. The former Spice Girl, known as Mel B, was pulled from The Project at the last minute on Friday, when Seven enforced a "cease and desist" order, Fairfax Media reported. Brown became embroiled in a legal stoush with Seven earlier in 2013, when the network took her to the NSW Supreme Court after it was announced she would be appearing on Nine's Australia's Got Talent. The court found Seven had an exclusive agreement with Brown, preventing her from appearing on any other Australian TV network until January 31, 2014. The Project's executive producer Craig Campbell told Fairfax that Ten was told Brown's appearance on The Project had been approved. "Her management said it was all good to go," Campbell said on Friday. Then there was a bit of a 'cease and desist' from Channel Seven that was enforced yesterday afternoon and we had to pull all our promos. Brown said she didn't want to get involved with the court dramas, News Corp reported. In Sydney to promote her new single earlier this week, Brown didn't rule out a return to Australian reality TV talent shows. "I love both shows - I love Australia's Got Talent and The X Factor," she told AAP on Tuesday. I think they're both great shows and I've done them both in many different countries, so yeah.