Strictly come dancing and X Factor may well be fighting it out for viewing figures but two of their respective judges are apparently good friends.

Alesha Dixon who is a judge on Strictly come dancing has nothing but kind words to say about Cheryl Cole who sites on the judges panel on X Factor.

‘No one has a bad word to say about her. She carries herself with such class,’ says Alesha.

‘We’re friends. If I wanted to ring her up tomorrow to see how she was, 
I could, or if I wanted to send her a message to say that I loved her video, I could.

‘When you’re a professional and you’re mature, you don’t get caught up in all the pettiness.

‘Those things don’t get me down. It doesn’t affect how Cheryl and I feel about each other – we’ve got 
a lot of respect for each other.’

Also Alesha is adamant that she will remain a judge on the dancing show,

‘If you don’t believe in yourself, no one’s ever going to believe in you,’ she declares. ‘I’ve never been over-confident, but I don’t sit there and think: “Oh my God, I’m not good enough to 
do this.” I know that I can do it.’

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