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"Nicole Scherzinger has been officially confirmed as Cheryl Cole&amp;#039;s replacement on the judging panel of The X Factor USA. The Pussycat Dolls star has long been in the frame to take over Cole&amp;#039;s position and her appointment has been confirmed today by Fox, Fremantlemedia North America and Syco TV. &amp;quot;Nicole Scherzinger will be replacing Cheryl Cole on the judging panel of The X Factor,&amp;quot; a statement read. &amp;quot;Nicole will join Simon Cowell, L.A. Reid and Paula Abdul on their search across America to find the next global superstar or group to win the life-changing $5 million dollar recording deal. &amp;quot;Nicole has previously joined Simon Cowell as a guest judge on The X Factor for the UK version of the show in 2010. Steve Jones will act as sole host of The X Factor.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Steve Jones: His rise to X Factor USA &amp;gt; Nicole Scherzinger: &amp;#039;Steve Jones is great&amp;#039; &amp;gt; Our complete X Factor USA coverage Girls Aloud singer and UK X Factor judge Cole was initially announced as the fourth panel member for The X Factor USA. However, Cole departed the show last month after filming just two auditions. It was suggested that she lacked chemistry with the rest of the panel and that her accent was difficult for US audiences to understand. Singers can submit auditions for The X Factor USA via YouTube until June 9. The X Factor premieres this fall on Fox.  &amp;gt; Nicole Scherzinger pictures: Pussycat Dolls to X Factor Watch Digital Spy&amp;#039;s exclusive X Factor USA interview with Nicole Scherzinger below:   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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