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MELANIE BROWN has offered her services as a judge on SIMON COWELL's U.S. = version of THE X FACTOR - following a recommendation from the British sho= w's panellist DANNII MINOGUE.
Cowell is quitting American Idol next year (11) to concentrate

on bring= ing his hit U.K. talent contest to the U.S., and is currently on the hunt= for judges to make up the rest of the four-person panel.
The music mogul is reportedly trying to persuade Brit judge Cheryl Cole= to follow him Stateside, and former Spice Girl Brown wants to be conside= red for a seat beside the pair.
She tells Britain's Closer magazine, "I'd love to be a judge on The X F= actor. I think it's a great show. I was speaking to Dannii Minogue recent= ly and she told me everyone gets on really well. I've also met Cheryl Col= e - she's lovely."