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To paraphrase judge Louis Walsh, it's not all about you, Cheryl Cole.

Nope, massive congratulations to the first confirmed celeb to sign on the dotted line for Simon Cowell's latest baby, US X Factor.

The British show's choreographer, Brian Friedman, 33, pictured above, is set to work backstage on the US version after signing his contract late last week.

"It's going to be huge," he told me. "I can't wait.

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"Simon's going all-out to make it an incredible series and he's promised to get some massivename stars on the judging panel.

"I'd love to be a judge but, unfortunately, I don't think that's going to happen!" But, I can reveal, one of the T&Cs of the new deal is that celebs cannot sign up to both the US and UK versions of the programme.

This means that should our Chezza, 27, be offered the gig, she would have to ditch the UK X Factor.

Decisions, decisions...

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv-entertain...5875-22666443/

I'll miss Brian, even if he isn't all that great

And it's interesting that celebs can't sign up to both series...so maybe no Cheryl next year? Or Dermot [which could mean Christine Bleakley would become the new XF UK host - God help us]? What about Simon? Unless he's excluded from the rule?