Sinitta explains palm leaf outfit

Sinitta has revealed that she stole her infamous palm leaf outfit on The X Factor from Simon Cowell's garden.

The 'So Macho' singer, who donned the tropical fauna during boot camp in Barbados, insisted that Cowell's reaction was genuine.

"Simon was looking forward to the annual swimsuit and bikini and I just wasn't feeling it," she told Alex and Lucy on Key 103's IN:Demand.

"He was like, 'Oh are you going to go shopping and get something?'. So when he went to bed that night I went and basically damaged his garden. I plucked huge leaves out of his palm trees and came out in that.

"That was his genuine reaction because he thought I was coming out in an eenie-weenie bikini."

Sinitta also revealed that she is taking a more central role in supporting contestants on this year's series.

"At the moment I'm trying to calm people's nerves, tweak the performances, keep them fit and healthy and just make sure that the best man wins," she said.

"Before I would help Simon pick his final three, but once we go live I work with all the judges across all 12 to make sure the best one wins, because whoever wins gets the deal with Simon's company."

The former popstar went on to describe John And Edward as "like having giant Labradors in the studio" and praised live performances by Danyl Johnson, Miss Frank and Lloyd Daniels.

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