X Factor judge Simon Cowell has blamed Dannii Minogue for ruining Stacey Solomon’s chances of winning the show.

Stacey narrowly missed out on being in tonight’s final and Simon says that Dannii’s big mistake was that she tried to make her too like previous winner Leona.

Simon told The News Of The World:

“If Stacey were to win the show, we would have to go right back to where she started from when we first saw her.

“I would take her out of those stupid ballgowns and stop her trying to sound like Leona. I think she is a really good singer but all her originality has been stripped away from her.

“Dannii is trying to make her Leona Mark II and you can’t do that.When Stacey sang Coldplay she was so good they sent her a platinum disc. She needs to do something that’s interesting.”

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