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"Former X Factor contestant Katie Waissel has criticised Cheryl Cole over comments she made about her in autobiography Cheryl: My Story. Cole, who was a judge on the ITV1 show from 2008 to 2010, admitted in the book that she wasn&amp;#039;t convinced about Waissel&amp;#039;s talent after her first audition.   She eventually took Waissel to live shows as her mentor because she was &amp;quot;quirky&amp;quot; and boss Simon Cowell had previously advised her about what made &amp;quot;good TV&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;Simon had spent the past two years drumming into me that we needed acts who would be &amp;#039;good TV&amp;#039;,&amp;quot; Cole confessed in her autobiography. &amp;quot;When I saw Katie perform... I had to admit that she was... quirky, intriguing and busting to succeed. &amp;quot;In short, she had the character and drive it took to withstand the pressure of the show, and so I put her through, even though she messed up when she sang in front of Will (will.i.am).&amp;quot; After reading the comments, Waissel tweeted: &amp;quot;@cherylcole thought you were better than this. Shame I trusted you. you live and you learn.&amp;quot; Cole, who is currently working on Girls Aloud&amp;#039;s comeback, is yet to respond to Waissel. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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