Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh are reportedly having a bit of a ding dong over who gets Nicole Scherzinger. The Pussy Cat Doll had stood in for Cheryl while she had malaria – and must have made quite an impression to be getting the two men going head to head.

The Sun reckons that Simon has offered to fly her out to his yacht in Southern France – while Louis is offering to take her anywhere she wants to go so long as she chooses him.

Their source comments “The bribes are increasingly over the top. Simon was laughing at Louis during the auditions because he was following Nicole around everywhere, but he won’t be laughing if she goes with Louis.”

Whatever her decision, it does mean shes now much more likely to get a place on a place on the planned US version of the show.

Right now though we hope she picks Louis – otherwise he might get Ronan Keaton in again, whereas if she picks Simon then Sinnita might get crowded out.

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