Sharon Walks

X Factor Judge Sharon Osbourne has walked out of the ITV talent show after two of her three acts faced being sent home.

During Saturday's live show she told host Dermot O'Leary she could not choose between them.

The final vote was left to the three remaining judges who were unimpressed by 19-year-old Kimberley Southwick's version of It's Raining Men.

Alisha Bennett, who performed Dreams by Gabrielle, escaped getting the boot.

"Sharon can't choose between her acts. The final vote will be between three judges, as Sharon has decided to leave [for] the night," said host Dermot O'Leary.

Before walking out of the studio Osbourne announced she had left the show.

Ditto slams Hilton

Gossip star Beth Ditto has slated Paris Hilton's plans to visit Rwanda to raise awareness of genocide and poverty.

The singer told Metro: "I'd love to see that. Are you sure it's not going to be a reality TV show? I'm sure she's really doing it from the kindness of her heart."

Although Hilton later announced that her aid trip to the African nation will be filmed for a reality TV programme, she insisted that it was not a publicity stunt.

Ditto cheered when Hilton was sentenced to 23 days in jail earlier this year, saying she laughed "until she cried".

Ant & Dec say sorry

Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly have issued an apology to viewers over phone line irregularities on their shows.

The Deloitte report, which was released on Thursday, found that there had been "serious editorial issues" in the 2005 and 2006 seasons of Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, and the 2005 run of Ant and Dec's Gameshow Marathon."

It is important to us that people understand that none of the shows highlighted in the findings of the ITV's independent review were made by our production company, Gallowgate, and that there was no financial benefit to us from the phone lines within those shows," the pair explained in a statement.

Although the TV hosts are credited as executive producers of Saturday Night Takeaway, they have insisted that they had no knowledge of the problems."


In other news

* An ex-magistrate who failed to get an exemption from hearings in which he might have to place children with gay couples is beginning an appeal.

* Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is leading the nominations at the Bafta Children's Awards.

* The original cape which was worn by actor Christopher Lee in the 1958 vampire film, Dracula, has been found in a London fancy dress store.

* Pop star Britney Spears has been granted temporary visitation rights to see her sons, her lawyer has confirmed.

* Experts at a Scottish university say they have paved the way for the creation of tiny supercomputers which could fit in the palm of the hand.

* Alan Coren has died at the age of 69. The former editor of Punch was a regular panellist on BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz and became a team captain on Call My Bluff when the show returned to BBC Two in 1996.

* Sisi Jghalef tried to kill herself last weekend after struggling to cope with being booted off The X Factor.

* The jungle site which ITV plans to use for the new series of I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! has been hit by a poison scare.

* The UK games industry is celebrating all that is positive in gaming in a week-long event taking place in London. The London Games Festival comes after the industry has been scrutinised by both the government and the media. A government-backed review of games and children is under way and the British Board of Film Classification recently banned Manhunt 2 for a second time.

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