After what feels like a lifetime, finally there is some Nadine Coyle news to post!

Nadine is confirmed to be in Season 18 of America’s Next Top Model: British Invasion. She has already spent 3 days filming the show last year in October, giving tips to the models on how to shoot a music video and being the guest judge.

The show will air on February 29th in the U.S, and is expected to air in the UK on Sky Living later in the year.

Well done Nadine, we can’t wait to watch!

X Factor bosses have pulled the plug on plans for Cheryl Cole’s boyfriend to become a mentor on the show.

Troubled Cheryl, who is divorcing footballer Ashley Cole, wanted her US backing dancer love Derek Hough to join her in the judges’ houses stage next week.

But executive producer Richard Holloway pulled rank and vetoed the plan – effectively blocking Hough, 24, from any involvement in the smash-hit series.

Instead, Black Eyed Peas singer Will.i.am will be parachuted in to join Girls Aloud singer Cheryl, 27, in Ascot, Berks, next week, when she will pick her three X Factor finalists.

A show source said: “Cheryl has barely spent a day apart from Derek and with his background in dance she thought he would be a great mentor.

“But when Richard Holloway got wind of the idea he stepped in and immediately said ‘No’. This is the biggest show on TV so he feels that likewise mentors should be the biggest names in the music industry, not the judge’s latest squeeze. It’s unprofessional to say the least.

“Cheryl may adore Derek but unfortunately that feeling isn’t shared among the X Factor bigwigs.

“She was persistent in wanting Derek by her side, but it was explained to her that he is a dancer not a singer, and that X Factor is about singing.” Derek is known in the US as a professional on Dancing With The Stars, the American version of Strictly Come Dancing, but here is simply Cheryl’s boyfriend.

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Britain’s Next Top Model reject Harleen Kaur Nottay has praised guest judge Nicola Roberts.

The Scottish model, who exited the show on Monday, said that the Girls Aloud star was happy to spare her time when working with the contestants on an anti-bullying campaign challenge.

“Nicola was really, really nice. On the day she was quite constructive, saying, ‘Why don’t you try and do this, or try that’, changing it up a bit for me,” she told Bang Showbiz.

“As a judge I thought she was great, and a really nice person too. I sat chatting to her for about 25 minutes, while she was giving me advice.”

However, Nottay was critical of the show’s host and head judge Elle Macpherson, claiming that the supermodel was not being honest with the aspiring models during their tasks.

“I wish that on the day she’d given us a little bit of criticism,” she said. “She obviously had some, because at elimination she said she thought I was a beautiful girl, but not very photogenic, and I just wish she’d told me that. She would tell us in elimination, but it was too late then, wasn’t it.”

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