Last night saw the return of the cruel Six Chair Challenge on The X Factor and Sharon Osbourne was first to pick the six girls she'll take to Judges' Houses.
To make matters worse and the decision process that bit harder, this year the judge choosing their contestants is separated from the rest of the panel – but that didn’t stop Simon Cowell, Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh from disputing Sharon's choices.
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There was tension when Sharon opted to send Scottish singer Nicole home rather than giver her a chair.
Then her decision to offer a space to contestant Jenny Ball riled up the other judges.
Simon Cowell in particular was not impressed.
“Jenny, there was a girl who got a no earlier on who was very similar to you called Nicole, and if I had to choose between you and Nicole I would have chosen Nicole based on tonight, so if she got a no and you got a yes, that would be crazy in my opinion," he told the singer.
Sharon than made the decision to give Jenny a chair, taking the place of Shanaya Atkinson-Jones – who'd wowed all the judges with her performance earlier on.
This didn’t sit too well with the others.
“What?!” Simon exclaimed, as he threw his hands up in the air. He then added: “Bloody hell.”
“I cannot believe she did that," Nicole said, while Louis sat speechless and visible shocked.
Sharon made further unpopular decisions as the show continued, particularly when she swapped out Alisah Bonaobra for singer/songwriter Grace Davies.
After pressure from the crowd, Sharon later decided to bring Alisah back and asked for a sing off between Rai-Elle Williams and Scarlett Lee. Unfortunately, Scarlett was then sent home.
Fans on Twitter were also shocked by Sharon's decisions.
DRAMA.
The Six Chair Challenge continues on The X Factor next Saturday on ITV