After being asked to choose which of her acts were up for the public vote, Sharon got up and left. ‘I’m out – gone,’ said 55-year-old Sharon as she stormed off stage. However it seems it may not just be sour grapes over the “talent” that led to the tantrum. There have been reports of hostility between Sharon and fellow judge Dannii Minogue, which are said to have come to a head after last week’s show with Dannii in floods of tears and mascara.

So sacked Louis returns, Sharon walks out… what’s next on the list of manufactured controversy? For sheer suspension of disbelief, WWF Smackdown has nothing on Cowell & Co.

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