[Tom]

Don't know about anyone else but when I have a sore throat, it lasts a lot longer than 2 or 3 days and after that I still don't look or feel right for about a week or two afterwards.

Are we supposed to believe that Kelly has recovered from this "extremely rare, mystery viral illness" that didn't let her fly and she supposedly couldn't swallow in the space of a few days? Really?

She probably had a cold or just decided she couldn't be arsed flying back from America last week.

She really has to mellow her attitude this weekend and avoid any intense confrontation with the other judges before the public turn on her. X Factor may have done more damage than good. Either way I doubt she'll be back next year. She probably doesn't want to come back and I did think ITV would be falling over themselves to sign up such a big name, but a big name means nothing if they pull stunts like that.