I'm trying my best not to watch the latest run of X Factor, and make sure I am not near a telly on Saturday tea time. But somehow I keep running into one of the many repeat airings. Anyway, the People have added some colour to one of the amusing moments from this weekend's edition. In it, Simon Cowell told one member of a three girl pop combo that she could go forward to the next round, providing she dumped her two tuneless mates. After much soul searching (well, a mobile phone call to her Dad) she decided to do just that.
There was little comment on how her dumped pals reacted on the show, but the People say they weren't too impressed. A source told the paper: "They were incensed after Becky got to the finals - they felt she'd deserted them. They had a huge screaming match. Some guys split them up as they feared it would turn violent. Simon's caused life-long pals to fall out". We're not doubting the ever reliable People, though if such a scrap did unfold it's hard to believe ITV's cameras wouldn't have been there to film it all. Perhaps it'll be in the extras on the post-series DVD.