[MarkWaldorf]

The Girls Aloud star has so impressed TV bosses with her ratings-busting performance on ITV’s flagship series that she’s been signed up for an hour-long programme, provisionally titled Inside Cheryl’s World.

The show is likely to feature Cheryl performing and possibly chatting to the audience and guests and will be screened on ITV1 on December 12 in the slot before the X Factor’s live Saturday night show. It will be the first time the 26-year-old has hosted her own programme, which insiders say will be a test run with a view to giving Cheryl her own series next year.

An ITV source said: “Cheryl is the name on everyone’s lips and TV bosses have been clamouring to sign her up for months. X Factor ratings have gone through the roof since she joined and prove viewers love her. The plan is to get her into the studio for her own show to see how she handles it, then find the right format to turn Cheryl into queen of the small screen.”

Earlier this year she turned down an offer to front the US version of X Factor. The Geordie star was being lined up as head judge on the American spin-off series being made by Simon Cowell’s new production company. But the wife of Chelsea and England footballer Ashley Cole rejected the offer because it would have meant relocating to America for up to six months at a time.

The X Factor has enjoyed a huge ratings boost since Cheryl joined the panel last summer.

Last month ratings topped 14m – matching the grand final in 2008.