X Factor judge Cheryl Cole has revealed how much she hates her band, Girls Aloud being compared to the Spice Girls.

Cheryl, 25, told Attitude magazine: "I think: ‘Piss off!’ We’ve been around for six years – they were around for 18 months!"

She added: "We recognise what the Spice Girls did, but it really annoys me when you meet girls who go: ‘We wannabe the next Spice Girls.’

"Yes, they had worldwide domination, but they fell out, bitched about each other and went their separate ways.

"We’ve been around all this time, fighting to climb each step of the ladder, putting our hearts into everything."