‘Americans can’t understand Cheryl Cole’s Geordian accent’

LONDON - Cheryl Cole’s alleged plans to appear on US version of talent show X-Factor may suffer a setback due to her thick Geordian accent which Americans seem to fail to understand.

TV mogul Simon Cowell is reportedly keen on the singer to front the show but American TV bosses are worried about her strong accent.

In fact, NBC executives flew to Manchester to watch the Newcastle-born in action at the live auditions.

They were reportedly satisfied with everything except the harder edges of her North East tones.

“They were bowled over by Cheryl and thought she was sassy, smart, charismatic and beautiful. There was just one small problem - they couldn’t make head nor tail of her Geordie accent,” The Mirror quoted a source as saying.

The source said: “She was at her best at the weekend - witty, empathetic and really encouraging to some of the acts.

“But while her accent isn’t that thick, the Americans really seemed to struggle with it.”

There is also news that the Girls Aloud singer might take elocution lessons to solve the problem.

The source added: “Simon jokingly offered to pay for elocution lessons for her but, seriously, that may be the route she has to take if she is really considering breaking into television over there.”

TV chiefs have also taken copies of last year’s show back to America to test if audiences in US understand Cheryl talk. (ANI)