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Osbourne feels 'betrayed' by 'X Factor'

Published Tuesday, Oct 23 2007, 09:46 BST | By Nick Levine
Osbourne feels 'betrayed' by 'X Factor'
Eliminated X Factor contestant Kimberley Southwick has claimed that Sharon Osbourne feels "betrayed" by the ITV1 singing contest.

The 19-year-old from Tamworth, Staffordshire admitted that she is "not sure" whether Osbourne, her X Factor mentor, will return to the show after storming off set on Saturday.

Two of Osbourne's acts, Southwick and Alisha Bennett, were placed in the bottom two after polling the lowest number of viewer votes on Saturday's first live show. After Osbourne refused to choose between her contestants, the remaining judges decided to eliminate Southwick.

However, the rock matriarch is said to believe that Southwick was placed at a disadvantage because she took to the stage before the show's advertised 5.45 start time, causing many viewers to miss her performance.

Southwick told DS: "At the minute [Sharon's] just really upset, and she just feels really betrayed by the whole thing. She feels like she's not getting a fair cut in the deal with all her acts.

"She was angry that I went on first… but she was also angry that, after the show had been advertised to go out at 5.45, it actually went out at 5.30. A lot of people missed my performance because of that."
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