Tinie Tempah 'Dating' Nicole Scherzinger

Tinie Tempah is ‘dating’ X Factor judge Nicole Scherzinger, it has been reported.

The rapper recently performed on the US show and is said to have flirted with Scherzinger.

A source told the Sunday Mirror: ''Tinie met all the judges backstage, and he hit it off with Nicole instantly,"

''She was flirting outrageously and it got to the point where all the crew were whispering about something going on. During the rehearsal for the group performance, Tinie sat next to Nicole on one of the audience seats and the pair started ¬dancing together and were being ¬extremely touchy-feely.''

Adding: ''Everyone was eating lunch and Nicole took Tinie to her dressing room after she'd been going on about the delicious treats she'd brought back from her recent trip to Hawaii that he had to try.

"As soon as Simon Cowell arrived at the studio and asked where Tinie was, he laughed when a member of the production crew told him he was in Nicole's dressing room and said, ¬'Another one bites the dust'."

Tinie Tempah is set to release his new album early next year.