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"Simon Cowell reportedly pushed for Cheryl Cole to be on the X Factor USA judging panel from the start. Cowell&amp;#039;s publicist Max Clifford has claimed that the music mogul has been in discussions with the show&amp;#039;s producers ever since rumours of Cole&amp;#039;s axing began last week. Earlier today, it was claimed that Cole had been offered a deal to return to the show from as early as Wednesday this week, despite Nicole Scherzinger allegedly being offered her seat on the judging panel. &amp;quot;If he has his way, she will be on the show,&amp;quot; Clifford told Sky News. &amp;quot;But he&amp;#039;s an important part of a very important team, so obviously there are other people with strong views, as in Fox Television, as in Fremantle, and that&amp;#039;s what&amp;#039;s being discussed at the moment.&amp;quot; Clifford has also denied speculation that the whole situation was a huge publicity stunt orchestrated by Cowell himself. &amp;quot;I think he&amp;#039;s had more headaches over this situation than probably anything in the previous ten years,&amp;quot; Clifford explained. If Cole does rejoin The X Factor USA, Scherzinger is expected to return to her original position of co-host alongside former T4 presenter Steve Jones. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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