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The X Factor: Sharon Osbourne gets less than premier treatment

Sharon Osbourne
Sharon Osbourne: packing a punch on The X Factor. Photograph: Danny E Martindale/Getty Images

The media reported last month that Sharon Osbourne's £1.8m deal to return to The X Factor included a £1,000-a-night room at Claridge's during the filming of the series. But the Sun reports that the star's arrangements haven't gone quite to plan. After a power cut at the posh hotel, she was forced to prepare for the show at a Premier Inn, where rooms cost from £29 up. Monkey wonders whether the star ended up as grumpy as Lenny Henry in his recreation of The Shining for a Premier Inn ad a few years back.

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