Cheryl Cole

The X Factor USA is making some major changes as it heads into its third season! Not only has Khloe "Scream and Shout"  Kardashian reportedly been fired as a host (never forget Nipple Gate 2012), both Britney Spears and L.A. Reid have stepped away from the judges table — and their bottles of Pepsi Dragon. So, who will replace Brit and L.A. as mentors?

This is one split that is not particularly amicable.

Cheryl Cole has sued the production company that produces The X Factor, according to Deadline. She claims that she is owed money for Season 2, even though she has long been let go from the show.

Cheryl believes that she has a pay-or-play contract that entitles her to the $2 million fee that she would have earned as a judge on the second...

Cheryl Cole can't believe that people call her fat. And frankly, we can't believe it either.

Cheryl — a British pop star and judge of the British X Factor, who was also (briefly) a judge on the American version — says that people do in fact call her fat, which she doesn't find fair.

"You can't call someone who's a size 6 fat," Cheryl tells Glamour UK. "An average woman is...

We noticed yesterday that former X Factor USA judge Cheryl Cole is in negotiations with Simon Cowell to return to the show — or at least, to the show in its U.K. venue. And Cole hasn’t got any nice words for the show on the western side of the pond... or for her replacement, Nicole Scherzinger.

In a post titled “Cheryl Cole: Nicole Scherzinger deserves everything she gets...

Thousands of people camped out, waiting for a chance to audition in front of the judging panel. Cheering people! Singing people! Hot people! Awkward-looking people who clearly don’t stand a chance! Crazy people! A slick, handsome host! Simon Cowell! Paula Abdul! This... is American Idol.

*record scratch*

Just kidding! It’s the series premiere of The X Factor, of course, and if a...