November 27, 2006
theSUN
SHARON Osbourne says X Factor favourite Ben Mills ended up in the bottom two because he IGNORED her.
Shazza, 54, said Ben nearly got the boot over his second tune, Elton John’s Your Song. Speaking after Eton Road’s shock eviction, she told ITV2’s Xtra Factor: “He’s not listening, I’m going to go and box his ears. You have to take advice from your mentor. What works in a club doesn’t work for you on TV.”
Kent lad Ben, 26, had gone head to head with Louis Walsh’s Eton Road despite a fantastic performance of Wings’s Live and Let Die.
Ben was saved by Simon Cowell’s deciding vote after performing Your Song again. Sharon said: “The second time he got it right.”
Simon has been asked by EMI to sign Ben. And Westlife boss Louis pledged to get Eton Road a recording deal and put them on the Irish band’s tour.
X Factor pulled in 10.3 million viewers, beating Strictly Come Dancing on 9.8million.
