[CharlotteSometimes]

The fact that Simon had connections dating back years with brookstain certainly made his getting past the auditions in the first place a little controversial, if not the outcome of the final.

Sharon knows that she 'helped' him to win, and she's said as much in several interviews. But she was absolutely right to say what she said last year, and as we've seen many times over since then, everything that she had to say has proven to be accurate. Max Clifford said in his autobiography that it would have a detrimental effect on her career, which just goes to show that he's not quite as media-savvy as he'd like us to think he is.