The mogul, 53, had flings with Dannii Minogue and Carmen Electra, both judges on his shows, but he told Radio Times Cheryl stood out.
He said: “When she walked in I thought she was one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen.”
Cole lot of love for Cheryl ... Simon Cowell says she is one of the most beautiful women he has met.
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The Magazines And TV Screens UK Tour will start on December 14 in Oxford.
The boys will be heading out on their first ever UK headline tour in December, showcasing brand new material along the way.
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The Irish beauty - who has fronted the ITV2 show for two years - has not yet had the go-ahead for a third series, but says that things are “looking good”.
And she insisted she is not in the running to take over from departing Xtra Factor host Olly Murs, because she isn’t ready to turn her back on the jungle show.
Laura told TV Biz: “I miss Australia - the last series of I’m A Celebrity was brilliant. I definitely want to go back this year and things are looking good at the moment.
“I saw Ant and Dec and the producers recently, and we were all reminiscing. Because you see the same people all the time out there it becomes like a family.”
She has a few ideas of who she would like to see taking part in the show, too.
“I’ve heard a few times that Gazza could be on the show so maybe he will,” she said. “That will definitely get column inches, as I’m sure he’ll be pretty controversial. I don’t know how nice he’ll be or how good at challenges, but I’d like to see him in there.”
MTV Europe star Laura took up the Australian gig after previous host Caroline Flack left the jungle behind to join ITV2 spin-off The Xtra Factor in 2011.
But she insists she has no intention of following in her predecessor’s footsteps now that Caroline’s co-host Olly Murs has quit to focus on his music.
She said: “I get asked about X Factor quite a lot, but I just want to get back to Australia at the moment - I don’t think I’m ready to give that up just yet.”
She went on: “I saw Olly this week and I told him I’ll be sad to see him leave, but he feels his music is doing so well that he can’t [stay]. As far as I know Caroline is doing it again, which is good because she’s brilliant at it.”
Laura, who was linked to Niall Horan earlier this year, also opened up about her friendship with the 1D singer. She said: “The One Direction boys are never in one place long enough to party. I know Niall because he’s a friend of a friend from my hometown, and when he’s in town he likes a bit of normality so he hangs out with the Irish crew.
“We’re not going out - I knocked that rumour on the head straight away - but you can see how quickly things build up.”
Laura also hosted the Brits ITV2 coverage this year. She said: “That was a really big night. I was hosting with Rizzle Kicks - who I love to bits - and we had that backstage crazy carnage going on.
“At one point at the Universal after party I was in the DJ booth with Mumford and Sons, Taylor Swift, Carey Mulligan and James Cordon. That was fun.”
However, Laura said her party girl tag is off the mark - because she recently quit booze to focus on work.
She said: “Most of the events I’ve been pictured at have been for work, and I wasn’t even drinking.
“I had to give up alcohol recently because I was working too hard. My job has to come first. Especially during Fashion Week, you could go to these things and drink to your heart’s content, but you wouldn’t be able to get up the next day.”
She added: “That said, I had Paddy’s Day in New York and that was another thing. It’s about balance.”
Right now, Laura is supporting the Tag Your Bag initiative, which allows people to earn Nectar points when they donate clothes to Oxfam. She said: “It’s a great idea - it’s simple and gives people a real incentive.”
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The singing bouncer has lost four stone in seven weeks and is looking for love.
Jamie, in Sir Tom Jones’ group on the BBC show, piled on the pounds and ballooned to 24st after feeling like a loser when he was rejected from ITV’s The X Factor in 2011.
But now he is battling the flab, has spruced himself up and puts his new image - and success - down to the support he has had on The Voice.
Comparing that with his experience on The X Factor, he said: “I have been treated better by the BBC. It has changed my mental state and my insecurities. It’s been very positive.
“I came out of The X Factor feeling low and questioning if I should carry on.
“The first thing I did when I got kicked out was get a McDonald’s. I ate and drank a lot for the next four months to try and forget about feeling like a failure.
“It felt like the whole experience had been a big waste of two months of my life.
“But the difference with The Voice is that you have a vocal coach there who gives you constructive criticism even if they don’t put you through.
“So people don’t go away feeling they haven’t succeeded.”
Jamie, of Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, now wants to lose another three stone before The Voice live shows start on June 8.
He says: “With the frame of mind I’m now in, it has been so easy to cut out bad things. I was a man who used to eat a loaf of bread a day - but I have cut carbohydrates out of my life.
“I used to eat all the wrong things at all the wrong times and I didn’t do enough exercise. I was eating 3,500 to 4,000 calories a day. But now my aim is to get down to 17st.”
Jamie, who says he has been “100 per cent single” for the past two years, is also hopeful his new confidence will help him find Miss Right.
He says: “I seem to be getting a lot more looks in the street. I am definitely ready for love now.”
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As the new series - set to air on ITV in August - shapes up to be the most brutal yet, mouthy Shazza dominated the first day of auditions as wannabes were slammed and shamed during a marathon TEN-HOUR audition.
The judge, who is back on the show after quitting in 2007, eclipsed the returning ex-Pussycat Doll - despite Nicole coaching last series’ winner James Arthur.
Less than half of the 50 hopefuls were invited back to the next round as dreams were dashed during trials at Glasgow’s Hilton hotel on Tuesday.
TV Biz can reveal one of those hoping for a break was Scottish contestant Jade Richards, who returned for a THIRD attempt at success.
Jade made it to the judges’ houses in 2011, jetting to Miami with Kelly Rowland, before getting the boot and trying again last year.
This time, she faced an extra-tough panel, with judges under orders from Simon Cowell to improve the quality of singers after last year’s series lost three million viewers. And the panel aren’t hiding their feelings. At one point Sharon cackled so hard at a rubbish singer she FELL OFF her chair.
The cosmetic surgery fan also had the rest of the panel - Louis Walsh and Gary Barlow - in stitches after a tree surgeon came on to audition and she remarked: “Ooh, I love a good surgeon!”
A source said: “Sharon certainly made the most of her comeback. She sat in the middle of the panel and had something flamboyant to say about every act.”
The antics left Nicole fighting to get a word in, while Gary and Louis “chuckled”. The source added: “Nicole enjoyed being the wacky one who would say silly things and get loads of attention last year. But in Glasgow she struggled to get into the limelight as Sharon was always hogging it.
“Nicole likes Sharon but has got to raise her game or she’ll end up on the cutting room floor.”
The four head to Birmingham on Monday for the second round of auditions, held only in front of the judges.
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Sharon will sit on the singing show's panel alongside last year's judges Nicole Scherzinger, Gary Barlow and her old pal Louis Walsh.
Show boss Simon Cowell said of the news today: "Three words I never thought I'd say.... Welcome back Sharon!"
While former judge Sharon, 60, who quit the show in 2007, declared: “I couldn’t be happier about coming back for the 10th anniversary of X Factor.
"I can’t wait to give Gary Barlow a big hug, sit next to the gorgeous Nicole, and of course throw water on dear Louis. Yay!”
It has also been revealed that wannabes will have to tackle TWO sets of auditions.
First the hopefuls will face the judges in an intimate audition room.
And if they receive three or more yeses, they will then go on to perform for the panel again in an arena.
Only if they prove they can impress an audience will they then make it through to the next round.
Speaking about returning for a second series, Nicole Scherzinger, who won the competition with her act James Arthur last year, said: “I had so much fun and such a great experience on the show last year – it far exceeded all my expectations!
"I always give 110 per cent to all I do and I put everything else on hold to focus on X Factor and supporting my Scherzy boys.
"This year, now that I’ve worked out doing my new music and the show together, I am so excited to get back to the UK, my second home, and get stuck into X Factor 2013!”
Louis, who is the only judge who has appeared on all nine previous series, added: “I'm back with a vengeance!
"Ten years on and I'm just as thrilled to be involved in the best show on TV and even more delighted to be re-united with original judge Sharon Osbourne. Let the fun and games commence!”
Dermot O'Leary will also return to host the ITV1 show.
The judges’ auditions will start on June 4 in Glasgow before visiting Birmingham, Manchester, London and Cardiff.
This will be followed by the second stage of judges’ arena auditions in July.
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GEORGE SHELLEY, JOSH CUTHBERT, JAYMI HENSLEY and JJ HAMBLETT - who release their debut single Carry You on June 2 - are keeping their fingers crossed for a No1.
And George vowed to LIA NICHOLLS that he’ll get naked in a bath of beans if it does.
Your first single is out soon, have you told your family and friends to buy multiple copies?
George: Not sure about multiple but they will all be buying it.
What will you do to celebrate if you get to No1?
George: We’ll have a massive party - and I’ve said I’ll sit in a bath of beans.
Will you really do that?
George: Yes definitely, be pictured and everything, you have my word.
You’ve recently moved in with each other in new pads in London - how’s it all going?
George: Yeah, amazing. Me and Josh are living together and so are JJ and Jaymi, who have turned into husband and wife.
They’re like my nan and grandad. When we get in the car in the morning, they’re like, “Have you got this, have you got that?”
Who is most likely to throw a hissy fit?
George: It depends on the situation. If it’s over food, definitely Jaymi. He rages over food.
Did you have much say about what was going to be your first single?
George: Yes. We had the choice of a few songs but it was the one we thought was the most catchy. It was the one we were all walking round singing.
Have you been doing your own food shopping or does it get done for you?
George: No, we do it. We go to the supermarket, we like a trip to the supermarket.
Who’s your ideal man or woman?
JJ: EVA LONGORIA would be nice.
What are you most looking forward to doing this year?
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JJ: We can’t wait to play the festivals.
Who are you most looking forward to meeting or hanging out with?
JJ: It will be good to catch up with JESSIE J, THE WANTED and LAWSON.
Did you know NATHAN SYKES (The Wanted) had an operation to save his voice last week?
JJ: Yes we heard and we wish him a speedy recovery. No singer wants to go through what he’s going through. It must be tough.
When was the last time you cried?
Jaymi: On Saturday, to Britain’s Got Talent. The shadow dancers ATTRACTION. I had a little tear.
You mean, you didn’t cry watching Margaret Thatcher’s funeral then?
Jaymi: No, I didn’t watch it. People were being really awful about her on Twitter and I didn’t want to get involved.
I just think she’s someone’s mum.
Did you have an opinion on her?
Jaymi: None either way. I don’t know anything about politics.
What’s the strangest thing you’ve been sent by a fan?
Jaymi: Not the strangest, but the coolest was from a girl in South Africa. She sent me a load of South African chocolate and sweets. I’d say her name but it was really funky so I wouldn’t want to get it wrong.
What’s your signature dish?
Jaymi: Domino’s pizza. If pushed, sausage and mash — Tesco’s Finest.
But forget cooking, JJ hasn’t found the iron, the hoover or the washing machine yet. He doesn’t know how to use any of them.
And when he goes to the toilet and the loo roll runs out, rather than replacing it, he’ll just go to a different toilet. Very lazy JJ.
Describe your ideal night.
Jaymi: I love staying in so it’s getting some good food and watching a film chilling with my boyfriend or having friends round. We’ve got a nice flat to have friends round.
Who’s on your playlist at the moment?
Josh: CHARLIE BROWN, CHRIS BROWN, RUDIMENTAL.
Who’s the most famous person in your phone book?
Josh: Probably JOE HART. We text a fair bit as we had a good night out at a casino in Manchester. It was a laugh, he’s a really nice guy.
If you hadn’t made it on The X Factor, would you have auditioned for The Voice?
Josh: I don’t know, maybe... ermmmm... it’s only been around for a little while so probably not.
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given recently?
Josh: To remain positive and optimistic as that’s the response you’re likely to get back.
Can you tell me a joke, please?
Josh: Where would you find a dog with no legs? Where you left it.
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The former Pussycat Doll has still not agreed to join the new series, although she held talks with producers last week.
She is the only judge earmarked for the new-look panel not to have committed so far - with Sharon Osbourne, Gary Barlow and Louis Walsh all expected to sign on the dotted line.
Nicole has reportedly been offered £1million to join the ITV show, but doesn’t know whether she can commit herself because she has a new album to promote in November.
Last night a source close to Nicole said she did intend to sign up for the show - when she had hammered out a deal.
But bosses don’t want a repeat of last year when Dannii Minogue pulled out at the last minute, forcing them to draft in guest judges.
Mel has been brought back into the frame after her schedule was freed up following her withdrawal from Australia’s Got Talent.
An insider said: “Nicole is causing some worry. Bosses want her after her success last year, but she doesn’t know if she can give all her energy to the show.
“Producers don’t want to be left in the lurch like last year so Mel is being lined up in case talks fail.”
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The former Oasis guitarist, 45, has been on Simon Cowell’s wish list for the hit ITV talent show for years.
And in the past fortnight Noel’s management company Ignition received a fresh megabucks offer - asking him to name a price around the £2 million mark.
A source said last night: “Simon is determined to get Noel on board. He sees him as his natural replacement as the real alpha male on the panel.
“He thinks Noel would be ideal, with his music knowledge, straight-talking and rapier wit.”
The last time Simon, 53, made a seven-figure offer to the award-winning rock star he was knocked back.
Fan Simon Cowell is keen to get Noel on the show.
The married dad-of-three was about to launch his critically acclaimed solo project, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds.
He has just finished touring and is now planning to make “going to the dry-cleaners last a day”.
The source added: “Noel’s daughter Anais is a huge fan of One Direction and X Factor, so she’ll be nagging him to say yes.”
Noel was first approached by Simon in 2011. The rock star told him he wouldn’t like to say lines like, “You know I can only take three into the final, and this is the toughest decision I’ve ever had to make. I left Oasis, but that was nothing compared to this”.
Take That star Gary Barlow will return with Nicole Scherzinger. Sharon Osbourne is also back and bosses have decided on Louis Walsh to return.
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She also mocked the Newcastle United star as “an a**hole” who was no match for her celebrity or intellect.
The former X Factor judge, 24, admitted that she had separated from Simpson during a meeting with our undercover reporters at London’s upmarket Met Bar.
She said during one row she had shoved a pair of the designer shoes he had bought her into a Tesco bag. She claimed he was furious and added: “He said, ‘What bird does that?’”
Tulisa said Simpson claimed that other girls he gave Louboutins showed their appreciation by performing a sex act.
She went on: “He was a fan. He was obsessed for six years. He had a massive crush on me. Finally he found somebody who knew me. He wasn’t a celebrity until he met me. He was a famous footballer but not a celebrity. As soon as he got with me, he became a celebrity footballer.”
Describing the 26-year-old as an “a**hole”, she added: “He’s not as intelligent as me.
“And he’s very shallow and I’m very real.”
She then recalled how in another row she told him: “Eat some Snickers - get some f***ing nuts.” The pair had matching tattoos inked in February, but the N-Dubz singer said: “His problem is that the way that he used to have it with other birds, he just doesn’t have any of that with me.
“He’s used to girls that run round after and put it on for him - even sexually chase him. I’m not that woman.”
In a foul-mouthed tirade, Tulisa - who launched a clothing range for young fans and has her own brand of perfume called Female Boss, after her nickname - described how she had laid down the law to previous boyfriends.
She said she told them: “Do you know who you’ve got involved with? I’m the f***ing female boss, I have it tattooed on my arm and I had it there from the f***ing day you met me. I don’t need you!”
Cocky Tulisa dreams of being a Hollywood actress and said if she appeared in a film it would be “front page in every newspaper. Every person in the UK would want to watch it and see why the hell has she left the X Factor to do what. I’m big in the UK because I’m a rebel.”
Yesterday Tulisa - exposed on Sunday by The Sun as a drug deal fixer - remained holed up in the £6million gated Hertfordshire mansion she rents for around £90,000 a year.
Police plan to quiz her after she set up a deal in which a pal sold us £800 of cocaine. She denied taking the drug but admitted regularly smoking cannabis.
Clothing retailer Bank Fashion, which sells her TFB range, said it is now “reviewing its options”.
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When he’s over in snowy Blighty, Simon has a special remote control that creates an instant roaring fire in his front room.
It’s one of many luxuries the talent show supremo has on tap at his swish London pad, which has vases filled with uniform white roses sat on seemingly every surface.
Presenter Will Best snoops around Cowell’s crib in a promo video for the mogul’s new online star search The You Generation.
The house is MODEST compared to his 11,550 sq ft Beverly Hills pile, which has a basement gym, a luxury spa and an indoor pool.
Even so, his lounge is pretty spic-and-span, with huge scented candles in glass vats and plumped cushions placed symmetrically in front of the massive flatscreen telly.
Across the hall, the dining room seats ten and has a Steinway grand piano.
With a little practice Simon could try his luck on Britain’s Got Talent.
YOU Generation's Will Best gets exclusive access to music mogul's plush London mansion
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The American beauty is having doubts that she can juggle both her singing and judging duties.
Nicole had seemed a dead cert for a return after wowing fans in the last series and had started serious talks with producers.
But the ex-Pussycat Doll is releasing a new album in November on both sides of the Atlantic and will need to be available for promotion.
X Factor chiefs have tabled a “generous” offer - thought to be around £1million - but Nicole has insisted that money is not the sticking point.
She told a pal: “I’m so torn right now. My heart wants me to come back and do the show as I had such a great time last year.
“But my album is coming out and I also need to focus on that.
“I don’t think I can make it work. By trying to juggle the two, one or both will suffer.” Nicole also feared fans would react badly if she did the show then had to jet off to the States midweek for promotional work.
She mentioned negative comments which surrounded former judge Kelly Rowland after her decision to return to LA in 2011, citing a throat infection, which meant she missed some live shows.
Speaking to her confidante, Nicole, who is dating F1 ace Lewis Hamilton, said: “I recall Kelly getting some harsh criticism when she went back to LA and missed a show. I don’t want that to happen to me, as I love working with my acts. That’s what made it so special.”
But friends of the star are advising her to return to the show, claiming she will regret it if she doesn’t.
Show boss Simon Cowell wants the judging line-up to be announced soon to ensure the programme regains its focus. And he said this week that he planned to revamp “every aspect of the show”.
The first round of auditions, which will see wannabes performing for judges without backing music, starts in June, with the show returning in late August or early September.
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The former X Factor judge, 24, will be quizzed by cops after fixing the £800 handover with a drug dealer pal.
The shamed singer faced a barrage of criticism yesterday after our story was published.
Among those to mock the former N-Dubz frontwoman was hip-hop star Lethal Bizzle, who tweeted: “LOL #Tulisa.”
Tulisa Contostavlos was secretly taped speaking to The Sun's reporters
He joined others in re-posting a picture of a cola bottle, with the slogan: “Share a coke with Tulisa” which the singer had posted to her page days before.
In among thousands more online comments, she was branded a “chav and a bad role model”.
Nat Edgar posted: “That Tulisa chick is a very silly girl! She’s both lucky n blessed to do what she loves then messes it up with her latest antics!”
Tulisa is to be quizzed by Scotland Yard detectives after we reported how she fixed a £800 handover with a drug-dealer pal.
Cocky Tulisa, who previously claimed she is a role model for young fans, arranged for her pal Mike GLC to supply half an ounce of Class A drug cocaine to our undercover reporter.
She boasted: “Half my phone book sells it. Of course I can get it for you.”
Officers from the Major Crimes Unit were yesterday examining The Sun’s dossier of evidence on Tulisa’s drug contacts and will arrest her and part-time rapper GLC “within days”, a source said.
Meanwhile the singer - normally a prolific tweeter on @officialtulisa - went to ground and spent the day hidden inside her £6million Hertfordshire mansion.
Her £100,000 Audi R8 sports car stood outside as Tulisa and her team had at least six boxes of pizza delivered to the property. Tulisa’s cousin and N-Dubz band-mate Dappy arrived mid-afternoon, hiding in the back of a red VW.
Soon afterwards police visited Tulisa’s home to briefly speak to her PA Gareth Varey and a female friend.
Tulisa - who made £1million from her X Factor stint - was taped telling undercover Sun reporters at London’s posh Nobu restaurant: “Half the guys I know are drug dealers. One’s a massive cocaine dealer. He’s my best friend.”
She asked: “Do you want weed? I’m going to speak to this guy. Whatever you want he’s got it.”
When we double-checked if drugs other than cannabis were available, she replied: “Anything - cocaine.”
She said she did not take cocaine herself but confirmed that she did arrange supplies for pals.
A top TV executive said Tulisa, axed from The X Factor two weeks ago, will struggle to ride out her drugs shame - saying: “It’s going to be very difficult for her now.”
Tulisa bounced back last year after a video was published online showing her performing a sex act. She launched a legal fight against ex-lover MC Ultra, who later apologised.
Yesterday a Yard spokesman said: “We have received information concerning the alleged supply of illegal drugs. We are considering the information received.”
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They were left out of the reality and constructed factual category ahead of the May 12 ceremony.
Downton Abbey was another major omission after it missed out in the drama series section.
Ant and Dec were nominated for two gongs and Sky epic Game of Thrones is in the running for best international show.
Cowell, 53, was said to be relaxed about the snub. An insider said: “BGT was particularly strong last year.”
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