Cheryl reportedly upset by state of judge's house

Cheryl reportedly upset by state of judge's house
Cheryl reportedly upset by state of judge's house (Image credit: PA Wire/Press Association Images)

X Factor's Cheryl Cole made her return to the ITV1 show during the judges' house round on Sunday, but arrived at the location to find the building work disastrously unfinished. According to reports in The Sun, the singer, 27, found the country house in Ascot, Berkshire, covered in scaffolding. The builders on site were hurriedly trying to complete the project during filming. Cheryl was furious after a number of interruptions - a vacuum cleaner was used resulting in filming having to be stopped, while workmen dropped noisy scaffolding during a performance by one of her acts. The pop star apparently threw her hands in the air and demanded to know 'What was that about?' to X Factor producer Richard Holloway. A source said: "It was a letdown. The builders had to be told to stop work. All the acts were clearly affected." Black Eyed Peas singer Will.I.Am, who was helping Cheryl pick her finalists, managed to cheer her up as they chatted together. The other judges went further afield than Berkshire: Dannii Minogue spent a week in Australia, Simon Cowell's group went to Spain and Louis Walsh retired to Ireland with his acts.

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.