Filming of next weeks X Factor show had to be stopped last week due to the onset of Hurricane Gordon.

Judge of the 16-24s group, Simon Cowell, had invited his final 8 acts to his mansion in Miami Florida for their final auditions when the area was ghit by the devastating hurricane.

But Simons plans were ruined when 80 mile-per-hour winds lashed the coast, delaying flights and causing filming to be put on hold. A show insider says, “Simon loves Miami, he often spends his holidays there. We hired a beautiful, ocean-front mansion for the filming, but it was chaos. “The pool was flooded and patio furniture was flying around.”