X factor's Cheryl Cole: I never wanted a judge Simon Cowell

The singer, 27, said: "If Simon first asked me to do the X-factor, I said, ' never for all the tea in China I will do the X factor".

"" "This is exactly the words I said to him, and he went,"you are, and I'll see you in a year"I didn't want .Und really to do it."

Cheryl - who on the judge panel of the ITV1 show for her third year is added: ' I wanted to be the person people stops and says, "no, you can't '."

"But then I realized people do, I, I can really help."

The Geordie girls aloud star has been a massive hit - as a judge and mentor.

Since the show entered in 2008 were the two winners - Alexandra Burke and Joe McElderry - both supported by it.

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