X Factor » by Andy Dehnart / June 7, 2011, 9:27 AM Fox and the producers of The X Factor confirmed today what we’ve known for a while: Cheryl Cole has been fired as a judge , Nicole Scherzinger will replace her, and Steve Jones will host the show by himself. Simon Cowell has taken responsibility, saying it had nothing to do with her chemistry with the other judges, only that he thought Cheryl would be happier on the UK version, though now she is on neither. The official word came Monday in a brief statement that offered no explanation: “FOX, FREMANTLEMEDIA NORTH AMERICA AND SYCO TV today confirm Nicole Scherzinger will be replacing Cheryl Cole on the judging panel of THE X FACTOR. Nicole will join Simon Cowell, L.A. Reid and Paula Abdul on their search across America to find the next global superstar or group to win the life-changing $5 million dollar recording deal. Nicole has previously joined Simon Cowell as a guest judge on The X Factor for the UK version of the show in 2010...