She was an interesting booking because we'd offered the role to Cheryl Cole, as she was known in those ... She hung up her judging hat in 2011 to join the US edition of the show, but bid farewell ...

Cheryl Cole will join Simon Cowell as a judge for the inaugural series of The X Factor USA, it was confirmed today. The 27-year-old Girls Aloud singer will begin filming alongside the music mogul ...