Historically the singer has joined Simon Cowell for the fourth and final round of auditions, but this year, in an attempt to pull in more viewers, he’s dropped her in favour of Louis Tomlinson.
Louis, 23, will be joining 55-year-old Simon and the over 25s at a French Chateau. Meanwhile Cheryl is taking her groups to Rome – and will be choosing her final three with the help of singer Jess Glynne.
Rita Ora and the girls category are off to LA, and they’ll be joined by All About That Bass star Meghan Trainor.
But it’s not such a glamorous story for Nick Grimshaw’s boys. While they’ll be auditioning in front of Nick, 30, and DJ Mark Ronson, but they’ll have to put up with the less-than-glamorous location of Oldham in Manchester.
Meanwhile, following reports he’s set to return to for the live shows, Louis Walsh has slammed Radio 1 DJ Nick.
Speaking to Gogglebox’s Steph and Dom on their new show, Louis said: “He’s a nice enough guy but he’s like a groupie, you only ever see him with famous people.”
Music manager Louis also hit out at Cheryl, adding: “She’s very ambitious, she’s not there for the music.”
Let’s hope Louis DOES become the fifth judge at live shows, because we can’t see Cheryl and Nick staying quiet after those comments…