Sinitta hits out at Dannii Minogue

Sinitta has claimed that Dannii Minogue should not have been chosen to join The X Factor.

The Grease Is The Word judge, who helps Simon Cowell by mentoring his contestants each year, has insisted that she would have been a better choice.

"I would definitely be better than Dannii," Sinitta is quoted by the Daily Star as saying. "I don't think she takes away from the show, I just don't think she brings anything new. She's just a mini Sharon. She even looks like her. They needed a new flavour and I would have brought that."

"I asked Simon if I could be the fourth judge but he wouldn't let me," she continued. "He said it was because he needed me to mentor his acts. He told me he couldn't do it without me, that I was Robin to his Batman."

An X Factor spokesman said: "Sinitta's comments are not something that we would comment on."