'I'm having a mini panic attack': Rita Ora breaks down while struggling to choose between contestants during X Factor's Six Chair Challenge
Rita Ora is seen suffering from a serious bout of anxiety in Sunday night's X Factor.
The TV star singer, 24, is the first to be faced with infamous Six Chair Challenge - in which she must whittle down her Girls from 16 to six - alongside her fellow judges Simon Cowell, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Nick Grimshaw.
But it went awry, as Rita visibly struggled with making a choice between two contestants, while the audience reacted strongly.
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Drama: Rita Ora will be seen breaking down and suffering a 'mini panic attack' on X Factor during the tricky Six Chair Challenge on Sunday night's episode
She said: 'The crowd is crazy out there. I think I'm having a mini panic attack. Oh my God! I feel so sick.'
The audience then began to boo and jeer at her for failing to make a choice, to which she tearfully responded: 'I can't do it. I actually can't do it.'
'It's getting definitely intense. I'm probably the most hated person in the UK right now. It's so unfair. This is the hardest thing in the world – they hate me right now.'
Rita is then seen clashing with fellow judge Simon, calling him 'rude', in the middle of a fall-out over contestant Katie Coleman.
Fall-out: Rita, 24, and Simon Cowell argue over Katie Coleman, as he slams her performance, adding that he would only give her a chair 'at home' and that she 'wasn't good enough'
Viewers will also see the X Factor supremo throw a strop and utter an expletive after being voted mentor to the Overs.
The spat between the two panellists occurred following the 21-year-old's rendition of Christina Aguilera's The Voice Within.
TV mogul Simon, 55, told her: 'You were better the first time, but if it was me, I would give you a chair.'
The crowd believed this was a positive assessment and cheered. However, he clarified his statement: 'Not one of those. I'd give you a chair at home. I don't think it was good enough.'
As the crowd booed, Rita fired back: 'That was just rude.'
Hopeful: Rita's Girls are the first to go through the terrifying Six Chair Challenge, and singer Kiera Weathers is one of those facing the challenge
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She added: 'Simon if you would just like to mind your own business and wait until your category comes up!'
The X Factor head judge was unrepentant and insisted he was right, but the Darlington singer's fate rests with the panellist now mentoring the Girls.
The stakes are high at this controversial stage of boot camp as each judge whittles their category down to six acts by granting one a seat on stage if they're considered good enough.
The drama begins when all six seats are taken because if a better choice comes along, a seated contestant can be swapped out of their seat - and possibly out of the ITV competition for good.
Urban edge: Havva Rebka from Enfield will sing a rendition of No Diggity, by Blackstreet
Difference: Chloe Paige will be seen performing Amazing Grace for her audition
In a first for The X Factor, the public had their say as to the categories each judge would be mentoring. BBC Radio One's Nick is in charge of the Boys, while Cheryl is somewhat out of her comfort zone with the Groups.
But Simon did not hide his dismay after being voted the mentor to the Overs: as many of the hopefuls watched, he swore out load. 'Oh, f***! Are you winding me up?' he said.
Rita's Girls have to take the challenge first. 'In my eyes, the winner of The X Factor is in this group, but you're going to have to bring it. Just bring it,' she instructed.
Going for it: Lauren Murray's last hope for survival in X Factor hangs on her performance of Jessie Ware's Say You Love Me
Powerful: Louisa Johnson will show off her vocals with And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going by Jennifer Hudson
All eyes will be on 25-year-old youth worker Monica Michael who has returned to the singing show after she was booted out during the six-chair challenge by Fernandez-Versini.
'Last year I was in Cheryl's category at this point,' she said. 'It's the craziest thing because you're so excited to go on there and sing your song, but at any point your dreams can vanish just like that.
'I don't think I was ready last year, but going home and not getting a chair this year, that scares me. It really does because I know the feeling.'
Viewers will have to wait and see if the Londoner's rendition of What Is Love by Veronika Bozeman is enough to earn her a seat.
Among a number of acts hoping to impress Rita will be 17-year-old student Charli Beard, 21-year-old sales assistant Havva Rebke and 25-year-old dental receptionist Lauren Murray.
X Factor airs at 7pm on Sunday on ITV.
Young hopeful: Charli Beard, 17, is one of those hoping for a chair in the Six Chair Challenge, and she'll sing another Jennifer Hudson track, Love You I Do
Reaching for the stars! Chloe Baker will show off with her version of Florence + The Machine's You've Got The Love
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