Simon Cowell says Honey G won’t win X Factor — ‘unless she performs a miracle’

SIMON Cowell has admitted he doesn't think Honey G has a hope of winning X Factor, after voting to save her in tonight's sing-off with Ryan Lawrie.

The judge made the comment on The Xtra Factor after co-host Matt Edmondson said: "At the start of this process, if you'd have said there'd come a time when Simon Cowell saves Honey G in a sing-off, people would have said it's never gonna happen."

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Simon replied: "You have to make a call in the moment, and I think if we're being honest with each other, watching the show last night, I can see a very very clear three or four people who've got a real shot.

"I don't think Ryan would have gone any further. I think he's done brilliant to go as far as he has... Whatever you do, you're going to be unpopular, but the truth is, unless Honey performs a miracle, she's not going to win this show."

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Asked why he didn't think the rapper would win, he said: "I think that the frontrunners last night, they absolutely stepped up. I mean they were really, really good. So, I'm sure Twitter's gone mental, but that happens."

Meanwhile judge Nicole Scherzinger became defensive when a fan called in to ask her if she was happy she could focus on her one remaining act, Matt Terry, after Ryan Lawrie was voted off.

Nicole responded: "That's not nice. We just sent him home, and I hope he didn't hear that. I would have loved it if all three of my acts were still in the competition."