Nicole Scherzinger has admitted that she does not know why she was axed from X Factor USA.

Nicole is now looking to “an exciting year ahead and making great music” but the ex-Pussycat Doll has now confessed that her departure came as a shock.

“What happened? All I know is I gave 110% to that show,” she told Access Hollywood. “Everybody’s talking about it – they love me or hate me. But one thing you can’t say is I didn’t give it my all.”