New "X Factor UK" judge Rita Ora has smashed the show she was thought to be saving while Simmon Cowell and Cheryl Fernandez-Versini has gone at each other on ITV2.
On Nov. 1, ITV2 presenters Rochelle Humes and Melvin Odoom took the judges' about "This Is Me" week. As per Mirror, Ora told the presenters that she thought it had been a "vague kind" of concept. She added that as it was the first week, it was not about "This is me," but "This is the artist I want to be."
Fernandez-Versini told Ora that she thought there had been confusion to the latter's statement. Then, it proceeded to Fernandez-Versini and Cowell having an argument on live TV. Fernandez-Versini asked Cowell if he were saying something and Cowell answered that he had lost someone to remember.
Humes and Odoom tried to stop the judges from arguing and said that Cowell needed a hug. Ora gave a warm embrace and joked that at least the new judges had not lost anybody, to ease the heavy ambiance. Meanwhile, Nick Grimshaw had just laughed.
At the end of the show, Cowell told Fernandez-Versini that she would have chosen "Silence is Golden" for her song for "This Is Me" week. Then, the magnate had walked away as Humes and Odoom finished the segment.
The "Hot Right Now" artist Ora was new to "X Factor UK" to aid lift the ratings of the show. She joined the ITV talent show after Cowell simmered her from the BBC, as a judge on "The Voice."
Last weekend, the first live show had got the lowest viewing figures to date, with 5.7 million, according to Telly Mix. The publication said that it had been the least watched live show following the first series in 2004.
The next "X Factor UK" live show airs on Nov. 7 and Nov. 8 at ITV.