It begins...The X Factor Australia pits judges against each other

Simon Cowell must have a rule that every X Factor judging panel needs a bitter and public catfight to drum up hype and controversy. It would explain why Mel B is now attacking her fellow X Factor Australia judges ahead of the show's Monday night premiere.

Mel B calls Ronan Keating a know-it-all, Natalie Basswingthiforgethowtospellhername "dishonest" and Guy Sebastian as "boring". Now we know why she was Scary Spice...

Let's face it though, the hype for the show this year has already been more entertaining than the entire last season altogether. Natalie Imbruglia never measured up to be Australia's answer to Dannii Minogue, Cheryl Cole or even Sharon Osbourne. She was just too dull and irrelevant to be any of them. It's like eating a block of butter and pretending its cheese. Kyle Sandilands was vile as a mentor. Glad they're both gone.