Cheryl Cole from Girls Aloud group has been named as the new judge on The X Factor, replacing Sharon Osbourne who quit last week. She will become one of the four judges on the ITV show in a deal which insiders suggest could be worth in the region of £800,0000.

Cole, 24, will join Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and Dannii Minogue on the fifth series of the hit ITV1 reality show.