An icy reception! The X Factor's Simon Cowell and Nick Grimshaw douse Rita Ora in ice cream during contestant Andy Taylor's performance
It's going to be war between the judges on Saturday night's The X Factor - one that involves copious amounts of ice cream.
The upcoming episode will see ice-cream salesman and aspiring singer Andy Taylor serve up mentors Simon Cowell, Rita Ora, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Nick Grimshaw some scrumptious vanilla cones, though the sweet treat soon sparks battle.
Speaking to Taylor's family backstage host Olly Murs tells them: 'Great thing he's done that... sweeten them up.'
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Food fight! It's going to be war between the judges on Saturday night's The X Factor - one that involves copious amounts of ice cream
But their scoops end up dividing them rather than uniting them after Nick dots a blob of his dessert on Rita's nose as the contestant performs his rendition of Walk the Moon's Shut Up and Dance.
Clearly amused, the move then prompts music mogul Simon to join in resulting in the ultimate food fight.
The result sees the Radio 1 DJ's hair coated in ice cream, whilst Rita's face is covered in the stuff - much to the delight of Simon and the shock of Cheryl.
Recipe for disaster! The upcoming episode will see ice-cream salesman and aspiring singer Andy Taylor serve up the panel some scrumptious vanilla cones, though the sweet treat soon sparks battle
Missed his calling? Simon Cowell is given the task of handing out the cones to fellow judges Nick Grimshaw, Rita Ora and Cheryl Fernandez-Versini
Started well... The group peacefully tucked into their cones whilst watching Taylor's rendition of Walk the Moon's Shut Up and Dance
Oh, dear! But the panel is soon thrown into chaos when Nick dots his ice cream on Rita's face as the other judges attempt to flee
Tonight's episode will also see The X Factor stage invaded by one of the managers of boyband hopefuls D Tour.
The group, who describe themselves as a mixture of One Direction and Boyz II Men, were put together by duo Debbie and Paul.
Ranging in age from 21 to 29 years, D Tour are Christian Jules, Nico-Paul Rooney, Solomon Henry, Michael Perez, Naasson Swan and Elias Hendricks.
Not her finest moment! The How We Do crooner's face ended up covered in ice cream as Simon looked on laughing
Tissues, please! The singer then attempted to wipe her face clean with a napkin while Cheryl wiped the remainder off with her hand
The six-piece aimed to impress judging panel Simon Cowell, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, Nick Grimshaw and Rita Ora with their rendition of Chris Brown's She Ain't You.
Debbie was keen to sway the vote in their favour so she walked onto the stage, took the microphone from one of her boys and made a slightly off-key plea in song-form for Cowell to put them through to bootcamp.
Viewers will have to wait until tonight's episode to see if her somewhat bizarre plan worked.
Watch out! Eager to join in the mischief, Simon edged his way over to a nervous Rita
Too late! Despite her pleading, the music mogul dolloped his ice cream in the centre of Rita's face
The stakes were high in this last audition show so contestants pulled out all the stops to get noticed.
Andy Taylor, a 34-year-old ice cream man from Wakefield, attempted to sweeten the judges by giving them ice cream as he auditioned to Walk The Moon's Shut Up And Dance.
Lucy Duffield, a 26-year-old sales assistant and part-time singer from Essex, reminded Grimshaw that she had sung on his show and fellow Essex girl Megan Dallas, a 24-year-old accountant a from Basildon, played guitar as she performed TLC classic Waterfalls.
Other acts hoping to make the grade include married couple Chris Kennedy and Gabriel Cabrera from Milton Keynes, with their version of Ellie Goulding's Love Me Like You Do, and Ghanaian duo Menn On Point who treat the audience to original composition Turn It Up.
ITV's The X Factor airs at 8pm tonight.
Somebody help her! Cheryl looked on in total shock as the star's face dripped with ice cream, while Simon looked on to admire the stunned reaction from the crowd
More to look forward to! Tonight's episode will also see The X Factor stage invaded by one of the managers of boyband hopefuls D Tour
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