So You Think You Can Dance's Cat Deeley backs X Factor's Cheryl ...

Cat Deeley has said there is no reason that ‘charming’ Cheryl Cole couldn’t crack America.

The British beauty, who has carved out a successful presenting career for herself in the states and currently presents Nigel Lythgoe’s So You Think You Can Dance in both America and the UK, said the public will ‘love’ the X Factor judge, when she launches her career across the Atlantic.

Cat, 37, told The Sun: “Cheryl is just completely charming.

“The whole public love her and she’s the nation’s sweetheart â€" I don’t see why she wouldn’t be that in America too.

“People talk about the accent all the time â€" maybe they would understand her, maybe they wouldn’t.

“It’s difficult to tell but I don’t see it as a stumbling block. She could do something about that anyway if she needed to.”

But Cat thinks it will be hard for Cheryl if she does land a job on Simon Cowell’s new American X Factor, as the pressure on the stars involved to make the show a success will be huge. She added:

“It’s going to be an awful lot of pressure.

“It’s going to be one of the most expensive TV shows ever made and it’s going to have big expectations behind it.”