Cheryl Cole was only on the panel as a favour to the X Factor impresario - but even Cowell can't boss a US TV network around Simon Cowell – I was assured – wanted to take Cheryl Cole with him to the States. It was the summer of 2009, and at the time Cowell was in the midst of a series of delicate negotiations aimed ultimately at achieving one thing – getting The X Factor onto a US TV network ...