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New judge ... Cheryl Cole with Simon Cowell

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Cheryl checked she was Aloud

CHERYL Cole said she grabbed the chance to be an X Factor judge – but only once she’d cleared it with her Girls Aloud bandmates.

The gorgeous Geordie told The Sun she took a day at most to mull over the role.

She said: “As long as I had the girls’ blessings it was always going to be a yes.”


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The singer also said she found it vey hard to detach herself from the emotions of the contestants on the show.

And music mogul Simon Cowell said Cheryl made the perfect judge.

He said: “When the situation happened with Sharon we called Cheryl the following day and we’re very happy to have her.”

Watch our interview with the pair here:

The X Factor starts Saturday, August 16 at 7:30pm on ITV1.

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