Nicole Scherzinger defends Ryan Lawrie after fan asks if she’s happy he’s been eliminated from X Factor

X FACTOR judge Nicole Scherzinger has once again come to the defence of Ryan Lawrie, after a fan asked her a question she deemed "not nice".

The viewer called into Xtra Factor after Ryan was voted off in tonight's results show, leaving Nicole with one act, Matt Terry.

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The fan asked Nicole: "Right, now Ryan is gone, being honest, are you pleased you can focus all your attention on Matt?"

A frowning Nicole replied: "Please, 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... What I love more than anything other than singing is mentoring, so I'm sad that Ryan is gone."

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Just last week Nicole and her fellow judges were left fuming after a viewer trolled Ryan live on air, calling up Xtra Factor and saying to Louis Walsh: "Last night we saw Ryan perform in a pub for about ten people. Is that going to be the same amount of records he’ll sell if he ever releases an album?”

Louis's jaw dropped and replied: “I think you are being very unfair.”

Nicole piped up: “Excuse me, what did she just say? Why are you even on this show? What sort of question is that? It's not very nice."

Louis continued: "He has a talent, and he's a great, great worker and he keeps bouncing back."