Cheryl Cole emerged from her Surrey home yesterday for the first time since being struck with Girls Aloud star was pictured visiting the Guilford branch of X Factor.
Cheryl's friend told Simon Cowell and the others on the X Factor. It’s definitely looking like she’ll be there for the judges’ houses stage. For Cheryl, this cannot come soon enough.”
The Dannii Minogue look set to return to the show for the judges houses phase, with reports claiming that they will both pick from eight hopefuls instead of the usual six.

It is thought the change in the competition is so the pair can 'chose from a wider range of talent' after missing the auditions and boot camp rounds.