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Niki: I ignore Simon

X Factor semi-finalist has revealed she doesn't take Simon Cowell seriously anymore, after the judge's constant jibes about her being a 'cabaret act'.

The 34-year-old mum-of-two said she thinks Simon only says things to "wind up" her mentor Louis Walsh, but she wishes he wouldn't look at her when she's performing.

Niki said: "I just don't take him seriously at all. He went from saying I was fantastic in the first weeks to all of a sudden slating me in the third week, he's been a bit up and down. But Simon says things for a reason and mostly it's to wind Louis up, but he does put the fear of God in me."

She added: "I wish he could sit there with a big paper bag over his head cos I'd do much better. I'm constantly thinking 'oh he's staring at me' and I'm thinking 'what's he looking at?'.

"I know he says things in a horrible way sometimes, but I think he's only telling you for your own good. When the camera's are turned off, he'll give me a quick wink and you think 'oh you little b****r'."

Niki will go head-to-head on Saturday with the remaining three acts for a place in the final on December 15.

Source: This is Noth Soctland