X factor judge, Dannii Minogue has said that despite thousands of people signing a petition begging for Laura White’s reinstatement on the show, it wouldn’t be fair to let her to return.

Minogue wrote in her Closer column: "I don’t think it’d be fair on the other contestants and it just highlights the point that you need to vote for who you like. If people had voted for Laura, and not assumed she was safe, she wouldn’t have been in that position.”

"On the plus side, there are people in competitions like this who stand out and do amazingly afterwards, like Lemar, and I think Laura will have a long career."