Derek Hough Visits Sick Cheryl At Home

While Louis Walsh says Chez will return to X Factor 'looking better than ever'...

Cheryl Cole's rumoured boyfriend Derek Hough has been spotted visiting the Girls Aloud star at her Surrey mansion as she recovers from malaria.

The Dancing With The Stars ace, who has supported Chezza through her battle with the tropical illness and her split with love-rat Ashley Cole was pictured popping in to the singer's home yesterday afternoon.

Since appearing in Cheryl's Parachute video, Derek and the X Factor star have struck up a close friendship - with the dancer even 'blaming himself' for Cheryl's illness after she contracted the disease on holiday with him in Tanzania.

The Fight For This Love singer, who has been forced to pull out of the X Factor boot camp while she recovers from malaria will make an 'unstoppable' return to the show, according to her fellow judge Louis Walsh.

Walsh told Star magazine: "I honestly think Cheryl may be back for the live shows – I think wild horses won’t be able to stop her."

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"I honestly think she has started turning a corner...She was very ill and now I’m hearing that she is getting a little stronger every day."

He added: "Knowing Cheryl, she will be back looking better than ever. Nobody will be able to keep her away from The X Factor – she loves it!"

X Factor boss Simon Cowell also revealed earlier this week that Cheryl is 'bored out of her mind' and can't wait to return to her seat on the judging panel.

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