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"Sinitta has spoken out about Simon Cowell&amp;#039;s decision to take Cheryl Cole on as a judge on The X Factor USA. The singer said in an interview with The Mirror that she thinks it is difficult for British TV stars to break the American market. Sinitta explained: &amp;quot;I did think it was odd in the beginning that Cheryl went. I didn&amp;#039;t voice my opinion so much because I knew people would just think I was being jealous. &amp;quot;But it&amp;#039;s not that I didn&amp;#039;t want her to do it, it&amp;#039;s just that I couldn&amp;#039;t understand why she was there, except that she and Simon are very funny together.&amp;quot; Sinitta continued: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s usually hard to take a lead from an English show to America and vice versa. They&amp;#039;re not known enough over there.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Cheryl Cole accent not an issue on &amp;#039;X Factor USA&amp;#039;, says Steve Jones &amp;gt; Cheryl Cole &amp;#039;meets with Usher in Los Angeles&amp;#039; Cole was replaced by former Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger on the American version of the reality singing contest.  She had departed the show amid speculation about a lack of chemistry with the rest of the judges. Sinitta - who has been friends with Cowell for almost 20 years - also said that reports that she thought Cole&amp;#039;s removal from The X Factor USA was right were incorrect. She explained: &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re not super close, but I&amp;#039;ve sent messages to her... I wanted to make sure she knew I hadn&amp;#039;t said that. &amp;quot;It was unfortunate what happened with Cheryl, but I do think something good will come out of it. She&amp;#039;ll come back stronger and better and I think she&amp;#039;ll take on America again.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Mariah Carey to assist Simon Cowell on &amp;#039;X Factor&amp;#039; USA, claims Sinitta Watch Sinitta&amp;#039;s recent interview with Digital Spy below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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