Sharon Osbourne has said that she was shocked to be asked back as one of the X Factor judges this year due to her outburst at Simon Cowell and Steve Brookstein in last years series. At the X Factor 2005 launch she said “I was really surprised when I got asked back. After the row in the final, I went into my dressing room and Ozzy called and said, ‘You f**ked it, you’re unemployed now.’”

That doesn’t mean that she will be any less fiery this year though, as will be obvious in this Saturday’s audition show when she throws a glass of coke over fellow judge Louis Walsh!