Louis Walsh is insistent Cheryl Cole will come back stronger than ever after getting dumped from US X Factor.
The Irish music manager, who was a judge with Cheryl on the UK version of the talent show for 3 years, says she’ll regroup with her old Girls Aloud bandmates next year.
‘I’ve been on the phone to Cheryl all day,’ Louis, 58, tells Metro. ‘Honestly, I can show you texts, she’s back with Girls Aloud in 2012 and they’re going to tour.’
But Cheryl will have to offer an olive branch to Nadine Coyle, 25, if Girls Aloud are to reunite.
The pair went head-to-head in 2010 with solo releases and Cheryl, 27, was the clear winner with Fight For This Love, while Nadine’s single Insatiable flopped.
Even so, Nadine is determined to prove herself as a solo act. She announced on Twitter last week - soon after Cheryl’s X Factor dumping - that she’s releasing material in America.
‘Nadine’s refusing to give up on her dream,’ a friend of the Coyle family told Now.
‘She reckons she’ll have more chance in the States, where talent and singing ability count. Her life’s in America now and she’d happily never return to the UK after such a hostile reception.’