(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Cheryl Cole is expected to receive the full $1.2million X Factor fee despite being sacked after only four days of work.

The British singer, who was axed as a judge from the American X Factor panel earlier this week, had only attended four of the US auditions before the network decided to fire her.

Despite her brief appearance on the new show, the fee is believed to be a pay-off for Cheryl's humiliating sacking.

Meanwhile, TV mogul and close friend Simon Cowell, who fought for months to get the Girls Aloud star on the American panel, is reportedly "gutted" and feels "terrible" about her forced departure from the show.

"Simon is gutted for Cheryl. He fought to get her on there. It took him months to get her on the show in the first place and he feels terribly bad that it didn't work, an insider told British newspaper The Daily Mail. "He understands that she is upset. But Simon can't make it work. He did everything he could. He fought to keep her on the show. But ultimately it is the TV network that decides. And they just didn't think it was working."

It has been reported that British TV bosses are desperately trying to convince Cheryl to come back to the UK version of The X Factor.

But the Promise This singer is said to be furious about how American producers treated her and is thinking about severing ties with the hit show completely.

Cheryl is reportedly demanding twice her usual 1million fee to return as the main judge on the British edition of the programme. (C) Cover Media