Cheryl Cole and Derek Hough Spotted Kissing!

Cheryl Cole and rumored boyfriend Derek Hough have made things official by kissing in public!

The pair, who spent New Years in South Africa made their relationship known to party guests when they kissed after the count down to 2011.

Cheryl was whisked off by Derek to Capetown this week to go in to the new year together, stress free. Even though she denied she was dating anyone when she was on dAlan Carr-Chatty man, it looks like she's not going to hide the romance anymore.

Derek and Cheryl dancing at the party!

Dancing With The Stars professional Derek, apparently bought the 27-year-old X Factor judge a £10,000 diamond bracelet as a gift for the new year (some gift!!). And while the couple were away one of Derek's closest friends, dance trainer Corky Ballas, tweeted that the pair were definitely an item:

"I don't think it's a secret they're dating."

The pair are currently staying in a luxury beachside villa in the Camps Bay resort a few miles outside Cape Town and attended a New Year's Eve party at a £1million house party apparently thrown by American property mogul Preston Haskell.

Sources close to the couple have said that the two locked lips in front of party guests:

"Cheryl and Derek are together and don’t care who knows it."

Well it looks ike Cheryl's starting 2011 on a positive note, that's good since she said 2010 was the "worst year of my life".