Eeee pet, who's Le-Ann Rimes? Cheryl doesn't do L.A

I reckon the real reason Cheryl Cole was sacked from X Factor was: she won't know any of the songs.

 In will come a contestant to one of those auditions, he/she will start warbling something chronic-sounding and Chez will ask 'Did ye write that yeself, luv?' of a song that was 3 months number one on the Billboard R&B or Country charts.  My bet is, Cheryl has never even heard of One Republic, never mind any of their hits, or Rob Thomas (love him, Mr Centre of the Highway). Not to mention Rhianna and Jennifer Hudson's album tracks or Carrie Underwood's Cowboys at the Bar classics. Unless she's been doing lots of homework, my guess is Cheryl just hadn't got the foggiest about the American music scene.

There have been lots of emails to-ing and fro-ing today on the topic.......the other thing I think is, Cheryl just lacks the talent of someone like Nicole Sherzinger. Nicole can fling herself around a stage, sing very loudly and hold a tune without a backing tape and is clearly a personality-packed Fiesterella. Cheryl plays the part of the classic, working class Princess. Pretending to be sweet and naive on the surface while slugging it out with toilet attendants and slagging off lovely girls such as Lilly Allen on the sly. Cheryl, come out, introduce us properly to your inner b---hing personality, unplug the backing tape and show us if you can sing and the Americans might give you another chance.....