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EXCLUSIVE: Cowell: Stop the bitching..NOW

Simon Cowell has ordered fellow X Factor judges to stop the bickering that is blighting the hit show.

The furious boss gave Sharon Osbourne, Dannii Minogue and Louis Walsh an astonishing dressing down after getting fed-up with all the backbiting.

He told the trio: "Stop fighting and stop flouncing."

Cowell flipped after Sharon had a row with Dannii last week then walked off the show.

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Angry Simon Cowell read the riot act to his fellow judges after growing tired of them squabbling with each other and acting like prima donnas.

Stunned Sharon Osbourne, Dannii Minogue and Louis Walsh were given a tongue-lashing during a tense two-hour meeting behind closed doors with the TV mogul.

And in a move engineered to show the trio who's boss on the X Factor, the 48-year-old lived up to his Mr Nasty tag by doubling the size of his dressing room and insisting the others make do with poky facilities.

After summoning them to the meeting he told them bluntly: "Stop fighting. Stop flouncing....and stop getting on my nerves."

A senior ITV source said: "Simon went off the deep end with the lot of them. He's sick of the bitching and decided to show them who wears the trousers on the X Factor.

"Simon's top dog and he gave them a full and frank reminder."

The behind-the-scenes backbiting has driven Cowell to distraction, culminating in Sharon's sensational TV walkout last week.

But if they thought the rollicking was bad, Sharon, Dannii and Louis were even more stunned to discover the multi-millionaire had also taken over two vast dressing rooms - with one low-lit space redecorated just to entertain his friends.

The insider added: "Simon has really cheesed off the others by forcing them to make do with one tiny room each.

"It's a real struggle for Sharon and Dannii especially because they've got loads of stuff. Half of it is sitting in the corridor.

"They are all absolutely seething while Simon is walking round with one of those superior smirks on his face. It's all very tense and it could kick off again at any moment."

But there was a lighter moment among all the bitterness - Sharon's Pomeranian dog Minnie peed on the floor outside Cowell's plush room. The source said: "It was hilarious."

X Factor has been hit by backstage catfights with Sharon, 55, and Dannii, 37, clashing an hour before last Saturday's show.

Sharon stormed off telling host Dermot O'Leary she'd quit as two of her acts - Kimberley Southwick and Alisha Bennett faced the boot.

But she agreed to return and is said to have apologised to Cowell.

[Bells]

I think this might have been exaggerated slightly. There's a lot of drama on TXF which does make for good viewing for many. The added element of rivalry and bitching between the judges is a bit of extra entertainment besides the singers themselves.

[Shaun]

Simon vs. Louis is fun to watch, since Simon always rips him to shreds, but Louis gets the audience behind him because they're dimwitted and will boo anything Simon says.

But Louis has been very pathetic lately. Claiming Same Difference are date and incinuating something between Simon and the Hope girls.

[Adam8032]

Its lies because the article says

But there was a lighter moment among all the bitterness - Sharon's Pomeranian dog Minnie peed on the floor outside Cowell's plush room. The source said: "It was hilarious."

Minnie is sick and is in America, as Sharon explained on Paul O'Grady the other day.