Revealed, Cheryl’s collapse on TV (funny that the new X Factor starts tonight!)

She was so quiet during the auditions that it was obvious to the audience something was wrong.

Determined to carry on with the show, Cheryl Cole had taken her place on the X Factor judging panel and tried to ignore the pain she was experiencing.

But as these pictures - handily released just in time to publicise the start of the seventh series tonight - show, it soon all became too much for the star.



She found herself forced to rest her head on her hands before retiring backstage to the Green Room.

There she lay on a couch, wrapped up in a hooded jumper as she started to suffer from the high temperature, headache and shivers that signify malaria.

Tasteless or not, this evening millions of ITV viewers will see these first images of Mrs Cole during the Cardiff round of auditions just hours before she collapsed at a photoshoot and was subsequently diagnosed with the tropical disease.

She is seen telling her fellow judges, Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and guest
judge, singer Pixie Lott: 'I don't feel well at all. I am definitely coming down with something.' Cowell asks her 'Are you ill?'



Mrs Cole, 27, caught the disease while on a four-day break to Tanzania with her close friend, dancer Derek Hough.

She was forced to spend two weeks in hospital before recuperating at her £ 6million Surrey mansion.

The singer then flew to Los Angeles to continue her recovery, where she remains on holiday with Hough.

This week she spoke publicly for the first time about her battle with malaria, telling fans that she was 'raring' to get back to work.

She will make her comeback next month as she picks her finalists for the contest and said: 'I'm absolutely gutted I missed the last audition and the boot camp stage, but I am really excited and really looking forward to seeing what the other judges have chosen.

'I can't wait to get my category so I can get my teeth into it. I will be raring to go.'
The Daily Mail told how the brunette, whose divorce from her footballer husband Ashley Cole will be final by the time the live X Factor shows start in October, has been told to change her diet and reduce her hectic work schedule.