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Sharon Quits

RAGING Sharon Osbourne last night QUIT The X Factor during the live show, screeching: "I'm out—gone!"

Her outburst came after two of her three acts were voted into the bottom two places in last night's first live show.

She refused to take part in the vote to decide whether it would be Kimberley Southwick or Alisha Bennett who got the boot.

It was left to Louis Walsh to choose Kimberley to go. Earlier, after Alisha's flop performance Sharon had pleaded: "Get rid of me, not her."

Show bosses are now in crisis talks after she told host Dermot O'Leary: "What I did was no good—and I think I'm going home now, Dermot." She stormed out and refused to appear later on ITV2's Xtra Factor with Fearne Cotton.

We can reveal that Radio 1 star Chris Moyles is being lined up as a replacement if Sharon sticks to her guns.

An X Factor source last night revealed: "At this point in time Sharon has said she is no longer a judge on The X Factor. We are hoping she will be able to sleep on her decision and calm down.

"The public rejected two of her acts and she took it as a hammer blow. She also blames herself for picking both girls the wrong songs."

The insider added: "Chris Moyles has made it clear he's on standby if Sharon or Louis Walsh walk out at short notice. Simon Cowell is likely to take him up on that offer."

More than 500 X Factor fans missed seeing Sharon's dramatic walk-out after too many tickets were issued for the first live show.

Bosses gave out extra tickets fearing no-shows because of the Rugby World Cup final would leave empty seats. Hundreds who didn’t get there early were told: “There’s no room.”

Loser Kimberley, who performed It’s Raining Men, will return to work in her parent’s pub, The Fox in Tamworth.

The 19-year-old recently quit a call centre job because she found it boring.

Source: News of the World