Mulhern: 'Walsh should have replaced Cole'

Stephen Mulhern has revealed that he wanted Kimberley Walsh to replace Cheryl Cole as a judge for The X Factor's Boot Camp round.

The Britain's Got More Talent host said that Walsh, who co-presented The 5 O'Clock Show with Mulhern last month, was better-suited to the role than current stand-in judge Nicole Scherzinger.

The 33-year-old told Metro: "Honestly I would have gone for Kimberley Walsh to replace Cheryl over Nicole for Boot Camp. She’s more like Cheryl. I don’t really know Nicole but I think Kimberley would have just been the perfect pick.

"I did The 5 O’Clock Show with her and I thought she was brilliant. I think she would have been ideal. It’s interesting that they’ve gone for Nicole. But we shall see how it turns out."

Walsh's celebrity and music show Suck My Pop begins tonight at 7pm on Viva.