Yahoo News reports:
LONDON (AFP) – British singer Cheryl Cole has been kicked off the judging panel of the new US version of “The X Factor”, a US report said on Thursday.
Celebrity website TMZ reported that producers dropped the 27-year-old from Newcastle, in northern England, because they feared US audiences would have trouble with her accent.
Ex Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger, who has appeared on the UK show, was tipped as a likely replacement.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110526/en_afp/britainentertainmentcole_20110526113704