X Factor: Sharon Osbourne Told Ben Mills To Quit The Show

Sharon Osbourne’s brother has spoken out today and accused Sharon of trying to fix last years X Factor contest.

Sharon’s brother, David Arden, told the Nerws Of The World newspaper that Sharon was desperate to win the X Factor, but when she realised that Simons contestant, Leona Lewis was most likely to scoop the prize she tried to talk her act, Ben Mills into walking out.

“Things had all come to a head a few weeks before the final when all the acts were asked to record the winner’s song,” David told the News of the World. “They wanted to be in a position to get the single out quickly, whoever scooped the vote. When Ben came to record his version he complained to Sharon that the song wasn’t right for his voice.

“But, rather than speak to Simon, she told Ben, ‘It’s all a set-up.’ Which, of course, it isn’t. Sharon then went on a mission, seeing it as her chance to save face rather than lose a third time. Ben insists she expressly talked to him about quitting the show.

“That way she could claim Ben had walked off because of the row over the song - and that under other circumstances she would have won. She could have declared, ‘My artist was the best but was robbed.’”