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Originally posted by Javan
Source? Cheryl got sacked cos no one could understand what she was saying. And she's not even known in the US. As if she was ever qualified for the job
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Its all written about in the biography of Simon. Simon allowed unrestricted access of his life to renowned journalist Tom Bowers to write a biography of his life, he was there through all the auditions and witnessed it and Simon spoke about everthing with him. Simon even attended the books launch, he fully supported the book.
I roughly remember what was written, it was something like 'During a break in auditions, Nicole took Simon behind some curtains and pitched for 20minutes for Cheryl's job'. It was something like that, I'll try to find the exact quote.
It even says in the book how the Fox execs changed their minds about Nicole and wanted Cheryl back and that her accent had nothing to do with it, but by that point it was too late.
Edit: Found the exact quote,
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During a break in the show co-host Nicole Scherzinger, who had filled in as a judge for Dannii in London when she had her baby, approached Cowell.
“In here,” he said diving through a curtain into a back room.
For ten minutes she pitched for Cheryl’s job. On the way to get a flight back to London Cowell wrestled with Cheryl’s fate. He said: “It’s hard here, she has to start again. In London she’s like Princess Diana, but here every Brit that’s hired is hired as a complete dick and Cheryl is the first one who’s nice.”
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