Could this be true?
Celebrity Gossip website TMZ has claimed that Cheryl Cole has been replaced by Nicole Scherzinger as a judge for the US X FACTOR!!
Yes now singer Nicole has been bumped up from co-host to judge and Cheryl has been fired. The site have written that there has been a "huge shakeup at Simon Cowell's new show "X-Factor" -- TMZ has learned singer Cheryl Cole will no longer be a judge ... and will be replaced by ex-"Pussycat Dolls" member Nicole Scherzinger."
Apparently the news comes from a trusted source in the industry who is involved with the production of the show. TMZ added: "It's unclear why Cheryl is out -- but we're told the replacement happened very recently."
The site said that Simon Cowell has not returned their calls for comment, so it sounds like he might be trying to avoid the media at the moment.
**UPDATE**
Sources close to the production of the show has said that Cheryl Cole was dropped from the judging panel on X Factor because producers were concerned her Geordie accent would be too difficult for an American audience to understand. Yeah I could have told you that!
On top of that insiders say that Cheryl and fellow judge Paula Abdul had a "lack of chemistry" Producers now want Cheryl to return to the UK version of the show, ruling out Tuilsa from N Dubz as the new UK judge.
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But sources confirmed that Cheryl is so angry with the show that she may be leaving the X Factor for good.
This is insane, surely they would have tried her out on a test audience first before hiring her? Obviously not. Simon will be paying for this bad call.
And it looks like this move has been planned for a while. Editor of UK's News of the World Dan Wooton has said that sources confirmed Nicole was shure Cheryl would get the boot. He said:
"I've been told tonight Nicole Scherzinger had been openly telling people she expected to be elevated to the judging panel on US X Factor."
What do you think?
