X Factor judge Cheryl Cole will perform with Snow Patrol at the Children In Need charity event in London tomorrow night.

The Girls Aloud star is expected to sing Snow Patrol’s hit ‘Set The Fire To The Third Bar’ with Gary Lightbody at the gig organised by Gary Barlow.

“Everyone doing the gig has to duet with someone. It was like getting a partner at school, and we got the prettiest girl in the class,” Lightbody told Spinner.

“People have raised an eyebrow now and again when we’ve mentioned we’re doing it with Cheryl Cole but I think it’s going to be a really interesting experience,” he added.

“She said, ‘What song do you want to do?’ and we said that, and she went away and listened to it. She got back straight away and said, ‘Yeah, I’m up for it’. Hats off to her.”