And talking of Cowell and heartache, a woman who auditioned for the show is blaming Simon Cowell for her nervous breakdown. The woman in question, Pam Edwards, sang a duet with her bandmate Fiona Griffiths, and was gutted after Cowell told Griffiths she looked like Vicky Pollard (from Little Britain) and told Pam herself "You look like a stretched version of her."
Pam was subsequently admitted to a psychiatric unit suffering from severe depression. She told The Mirror: "I felt humiliated. Simon thought he was being funny, but he absolutely destroyed me. I don't know how he sleeps at night."
I daresay he sleeps very well. And in any case, when you go on a talent show featuring Cowell, surely you know what to expect?