14 DAY TRIAL // Moments after she learned she had been eliminated from X Factor on the first part of the final round over the weekend, Cher Lloyd had one final outburst backstage of the popular show, screaming at staff that she never even wanted to win, it has emerged.
As we also reported the other day, Cher was the first of the four finalists to be sent home before the grand moment when Matt Cardle was crowned the winner of the season.
For the first time since she made it past auditions, Cher did not cry, the Daily Mail also points out. But that was only because she was feeling too much rage at everybody, as she proved when she lashed out at staff, judges and even those voters who’d gotten her so far on the show.
“I didn’t want to win anyway. I’m going to make it anyway. You lot can stick it up your [expletive]. You lot have wanted me out from the beginning. All of you have,” Cher reportedly yelled backstage.
“I know Danni and Louis have hated me from the beginning – but I don’t care. I couldn’t give a [expletive]. I’ve got Cheryl Cole, that’s all that matters,” she added.
The 17-year-old also told anyone who’s listen that she didn’t even need X Factor to make a name for herself, because she had the confidence, the talent and the attitude to build a lasting career in showbiz without much help.
“You haven’t seen the last of me, definitely not. I’m going to use this as my platform and I’m going to make sure I’m the biggest Goddamn thing to ever come out of the X Factor. And that’s not being cocky; it’s just being very, very committed to what I do,” she reportedly said after the elimination.
As one final snub for the show that allowed her to have people know her name – and possibly landed her a £2 million record deal – Cher also refused to get up on the stage to congratulate Matt when he won.
Reports in the British media say she openly refused to join the other former contestants in congratulating the winner, which prompted Simon Cowell to say “Everyone [the contestants] was happy for Matt, apart from one.”