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Apparently Steve Brookstein who was the first winner of the ITV1 television music talent show The X Factor has spoken out about Sharon Osbourne former judge of The X Factor saying she has past her sell by date.  Steve Brookstein had the surprise of winning the first series of The X Factor.  The X Factor is a trademark of FremantleMedia Ltd and since his appearance on The X Factor I haven’t heard of Steve Brookstein appearing in anything else. What right has he in saying that Sharon Osbourne has past her sell by date?  She has definitely not past her sell by date.

Steve Brookstein has said that he is glad Sharon Osbourne has quit as an X Factor judge because he found her nasty and abusive to the UK’s finest singers on The X Factor.  Actually I’ve always found her supportive and kind.  Sharon Osbourne’s judging on the panel of The X Factor was honest and always backed up the singers.  If anyone can sometimes appear rude it certainly isn’t Sharon but, Simon has said some awful things to the contestants before.  Simon Cowell and reality TV star Sharon Osbourne co-judged on the British TV talent show The X Factor but, it wasn’t all pleasant they shared words together.  Often it would be because Sharon Osbourne was trying to defend a singer whilst Simon Cowell wanted to bring them down.  Steve Brookstein should remember all those times when Sharon defended the singers often they were not even her own singers but, Simon or Louie’s.  

Last year Louis Walsh was going to leave The X Factor, but after careful consideration he decided not to.  Unfortunately Sharon Osbourne has definitely made this decision and. Cheryl Cole will replace Sharon Osbourne as a judge on The X Factor.  After Sharon Osbourne X factor judge announced that she would be stepping down as a judge on The X Factor after four series some people have seen it as a chance to hit out at her and say some very abusive things. Some people have made the suggestion that Sharon told Simon Cowell “It’s Dannii or me”.  Why is it that some people seem to like nothing better than to take a pop at Sharon Osbourne? Sharon is an extrovert not afraid of speaking her mind.  The truth is that if somebody is thinking something, but too afraid to say it, Sharon will say it for them.

Osbourne described Brookstein as “a fake” and “full of crap” during the X Factor final in 2004.  Brookstein, 35, said he had been deeply upset by what Sharon had said to him.  I am sure there must have been a reason for Sharon to say this other than her being nasty.  Maybe there was some truth in it.  Steve Brookstein the pub singer from south London has hardly made a great success in the music industry since his unexpected victory in The X Factor.  It is also not the first time that Brookstein has hit out at somebody.  In 2005 he made a pop at Simon Cowell accusing him of not taking his priorities seriously. He said, “He is pleased Former X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne is no longer a judge on the reality show”. 

At the height of his X Factor fame Brookstein told the Daily Mail in 2005, “The X Factor gives you a platform but then pulls the rug from under your feet by making you sign to a certain record label and having no say in what happens next,”. It is not the first time that Steve Brookstein has launched a scathing attack on The X Factor and I don’t think it will be the last.  He has said that he didn’t want to do just covers and expected more from Simon Cowell.  Meanwhile X Factor Winner Shayne Ward has nothing, but praise for the X Factor which just goes to show that there must have been something wrong with Steve Brookstein. 

Brookstein would have known before he went on the X Factor what the conditions of the contract were.  It was because of the X Factor that Brookstein was briefly famous in 2004.  Would he have ever become a successful artist without that constant TV exposure that The X Factor gave him?  That is doubtful.  I guess we will never know.   Steve Brookstein hasn’t exactly set the charts, but he did make a success for a while probably due to The X Factor. Maybe it was due to his age that he didn’t have a wide appeal, but to blame Simon Cowell is ludicrous.  If anything Sharon Osbourne did him a favour by dissing him on The X Factor because it got him more publicity. Yet still he wishes to take a pop at Sharon by saying, “She’s past her sell-by date.  I think people have forgotten how nasty she was to me and how she has been proven wrong. What’s the worst I’ve done? Worked in Butlins? Is that as bad a person as I am? ” Even if Sharon did say some things that were out of order that’s in the past.  Why does he have to drag it all up again?  It’s like he has this grudge and is trying to take revenge by hitting out at Sharon.  Sharon Osbourne did nothing wrong she only spoke out about what she truly thought of Steve Brookstein, her honesty is to be admired.