Cheryl reportedly set for huge TV comeback as The Voice UK coach

Pop star Cheryl is poised to make a remarkable TV comeback with a new role as a judge on The Voice UK.

The Geordie singer, 43, is returning to her TV talent roots more than 20 years after first finding fame as a contestant on Popstars: The Rivals in 2002, when she became part of pop group Girls Aloud.

Further fame followed in 2008 when she joined the judging panel of The X Factor and became a popular onscreen presence, much-loved by competitors and viewers alike.

An insider revealed Cheryl will join her friend will.i.am as The Voice begins filming in the next few weeks, with Stacey Solomon and Alesha Dixon acting as hosts.

The source added: “Every year producers ask Cheryl to go on the show, and it’s a polite ‘no’ as the timing has never quite been right.

“This year it’s different. She feels ready to re-enter the spotlight and talks are now in the final stages.

“Things could come crashing down but with three weeks to go until filming kicks off, the production team is working on the assumption she will be doing it.

“It helps that long-term friend Will.i.am will be beside her on the panel.”

Cheryl became a household name in her own right when she joined the judging panel of the The X Factor from 2008 to 2010, as well as her high-profile marriage to English footballer Ashley Cole, which ended in divorce in 2010.

Cheryl also launched a solo career, scoring five number one singles on the UK charts with "Fight for This Love", "Promise This", "Call My Name", "Crazy Stupid Love" and "I Don't Care" between 2009 and 2014.

The Newcastle-born star was at the peak of her success when she flew stateside to star as a judge on the first season of The X Factor USA in 2011, alongside Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and L.A. Reid. However, things did not go to plan as network executives feared US audiences would struggle to understand her Geordie accent, leading to her replacement with Nicole Scherzinger in the early weeks of filming.

Cheryl later revealed her acrimonious fallout with Simon Cowell over the incident in her autobiography, ”My Story”, published in October 2012. Despite the fiasco, the two later appeared to patch up their differences and Cheryl returned to screens on The X Factor UK in 2014 and 2015.