Louis was 'Rotten and underhand'.
23 Nov 08
Rachel defends herself and her mentor.
A distraught Rachel joins the war of words over the Rule The World song choice.
Last night, Louis' insistence that the Over 25's had stolen a JLS song choice had Dannii Minogue in floods of tears.
Contestant - now former contestant - Rachel Hylton had to take to the stage amid the high drama and sing the track which had caused all the fuss. Dannii insisted, with Simon's backing, that she had every right to use let Rachel sing Rule The World.
Now Ms Hylton, emotional after last night's decision, is standing up for herself, her song, and her mentor.
She told us, "The song came to me under the right circumstances and to say otherwise is rotten and underhand".
"If you're last on the list, you're last on the rota. Louis needs to understand that. That was just disgusting to me".
The argument that JLS had prior claim to the track because they'd previously rehearsed it, also fell on deaf ears. Said Rachel "Everybody knows you don't rehearse a song unless you're sure you have it. Why were the boys rehearsing the song? I don't know".
And when Louis pulled second-on-the-rota Cheryl into the war by saying she'd said she could have it, Rachel wasn't impressed. She told us, "It's not Cheryl's song to give to Louis".
Rachel was most hurt, however, about what she saw was a personal snub after the show. She revealed, "He had the audacity to tell me, 'It wasn't about you, Rachel - but my boys are the nicest, most decent boys'".
"And I was like; well does that mean I'm not nice and decent? What are you trying to say about me?"