The 30-year-old singer was embroiled in a legal dispute with producers Blue Orbit after she was fired from the singing contest’s judges panel in 2011 after a short three-week stint on the show and the case now been settled out-of-court.
A source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "It’s been a long fight between both sets of lawyers but is has come at a welcome relief to both parties it is finally over. Cheryl was determined to get what she thought she was owed and the award she has received shows just how right she was. The payout from ‘X Factor‘ allows the slate to wiped clean for Cheryl after a gruelling year she had after being sacked."
Cheryl; who was replaced by Nicole Scherzinger in May 2011 on ‘X Factor’, is looking forward to getting her career back on track and begin work on her fourth album. The source added: "Both her tours and the legal battle took a lot out of her but she is now determined to get back to doing what she does best – entertaining her fans."