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Cole will not sing live on the X Factor
Wednesday 14 October 2009
The Girls Aloud singer is performing her solo single, Fight For This Love, but she will record the performance hours before the show goes to air - and she will be miming, not singing.
Watch a clip of Cheryl's music video here.
The Daily Mail quotes a show source as saying the decision was made following a disastrous Girls Aloud performance on 'The X Factor' last October.
The group sang their number one single, The Promise, but struggled to stay in tune.
"The girls did not have a huge amount of time to rehearse, and while they looked beautiful in 1950s-style gold gowns, their vocals were terrible," the insider said.
'We even had to have a sound engineer in the director's gallery backstage standing over the controls trying to make them sound better, but to no avail.
"Cheryl is the break-out star of Girls Aloud and there are big plans for her. Nobody - neither on 'The X Factor' nor her record label Polydor - wants to see her fail, which is why we thought it was better for Cheryl to mime her performance.
"But, of course, Cheryl will be heavily criticised for not singing live and then returning to her judge's chair to cast judgement on the hopefuls, who will have spent all week rehearsing and battling nerves."
Last night, an 'X Factor' spokesman confirmed: "Cheryl will be recording her music performance earlier in the day with a live studio audience to ensure she can fully continue with her judging commitments on 'The X Factor' later that evening."
It is believed that Cheryl, 26, will not mime the entire song but will sing live in various parts over a pre-recorded track.
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