Oh it's all so interesting...!
Maybe if she'd done a bit less back-combing and found some trousers that fit her she would have been ok.
Is it the network finally having more power than Cowell?
Has Paula Abdul had a strop and forced Cowell to choose?
Was the whole thing a MASSIVE set-up from the off, with Cowell always planning to bring her back for the British one to a backdrop of Coldplay singing "Fix You"???