London,
(ANI):
Girls
Aloud
member
Cheryl
Cole
is
said
to
have
refused
to
sign
her
new
1million
pounds
X
Factor
contract
until
she
knows
who
will
replace
co-judge
Dannii
Minogue.
Cole,
26,
also
wants
a
promise
that
her
pregnant
pal
Minogue
will
not
be
permanently
replaced.
Minogue,
38,
will
miss
out
on
the
auditions
stage
when
it
starts
next
month,
and
producers
plan
to
have
guest
judges
to
fill
in
for
her
alongside
50-year-old
Simon
Cowell
and
Louis
Walsh,
57.
“It"s
getting
very
close
to
the
start
of
The
X
Factor
auditions
and
Cheryl
has
not
yet
signed
on
the
dotted
line," the
Daily
Star
quoted
a
show
source
as
saying.
“It
would
ruin
her
X
Factor
experience
not
to
have
another
'girly
girl" like
Dannii
to
laugh
and
joke
with
and
gang
up
with
against
the
lads.
There"s
been
talk
about
Mel
B
whom
Cheryl
is
quite
frightened
of.
She
is
also
mindful
of
the
fact
any
youngsters
may
try
to
upstage
her
in
the
fashion
stakes,"
the
source
added.
All
the
judges
are
set
for
a
showdown
meeting
at
Cowell"s
London
mansion
next
week,
and
Minogue,
who
is
back
in
Australia
and
due
to
give
birth
in
July,
will
join
them
via
a
conference
call.
The
new
series
of
The
X
Factor
is
scheduled
for
August.