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Cole to sit out boot camp stage of X-Factor to recover
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 12 July 2010
Cheryl Cole has pulled out of a V Festival appearance and the whole ‘boot camp’ stage of the next series of ‘The X-Factor’ to give her time to recover from her previously reported bout of malaria.
According to a spokeswoman, Cole is “making good progress” after being diagnosed with the disease at the start of the last week, but has been advised to rest in the coming months. It was initially thought the Girl Aloud was suffering from exhaustion when she collapsed at a photo shoot last weekend, but it was subsequently discovered she was suffering from malaria, which she seemingly picked up while in Tanzania recently. The singer left intensive care on Friday and subsequently checked into a private clinic to fully recover.
A spokesman for ‘X-Factor’ confirmed this weekend that Cole would be absent from the boot camp stage of the next series of the talent show, which is currently being recorded. Said spokesman told reporters: “Our priority is to ensure Cheryl is fit and well before she returns to work and to give our contestants a fair and proper opportunity to compete in the show”.
It is not clear if a guest judge will now take part in the boot camp component of this year’s ‘X-Factor’. Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger joined the judging panel at a recording in Manchester this weekend, though she was technically filling in for Dannii Minogue rather than Cole. Minogue, who gave birth to her first child last week, has sat out the audition stage of this series of the show because of her pregnancy, but is due to return for boot camp.
