Leona Lewis was all of us on the X Factor: The Band as she got quite protective over the Spice Girls.
Hopeful Chiara took to the stage, where she announced she would be singing Wannabe by the legendary group.
After blurting out the first verse, she started to stumble over her words, and made up some lyrics to try and hide the fact she had no idea what she was singing.
And this didn’t go unnoticed by the judges, especially Leona who threw shade at the performance.
Trying to be nice, Nicole Scherzinger said: ‘I don’t know if you’re ready. I think you’ll be better prepared next year.’
Simon Cowell, who initially called the song to a halt added: ‘This is very traditional, there’s nothing good, nothing bad, it’s just okay.’
Leona was then shown saying: ‘It’s a no from me’.
But as the contestant left the stage, and the guest judge was filmed getting her makeup touched up, she told Nicole: ‘You can’t not sing the right Spice Girls lyrics. It’s a travesty.’
Viewers at home were quick to pick up on the comment and couldn’t help but agree with the Bleeding Love hitmaker on Twitter.
@leonalewis “you can’t not sing the right @spicegirls lyrics… it’s a travesty” 😩😂😂😂 YASSSSSSS #XFactorTheBand #xfactor
— Lewis (@lewniverse) December 11, 2019
“You can’t not sing the right Spice Girls lyrics. It’s a travesty” 🤣🤣🤣 @leonalewis #XFactorTheBand
— Amy (@Burtini) December 11, 2019
I'm sorry, but if you're going to impress the judges, the Spice Girls Wannabe is not the song to sing #XFactor #XFactorTheBand
— Jemma (@Jemmabondc) December 11, 2019
Someone stop her singing the spice girls!!! Please!! Stop her!! #XFactorTheBand
— Sam J (@Sammy_J_88) December 11, 2019
No disrespect to @spicegirls but who comes on auditions to sing (wannabe) ☕️🐸 #XFactorTheBand
— Oz’iah (@Oziah) December 11, 2019
‘The poor girl on the @TheXFactor who appeared to sing the wrong lyrics to the Spice Girls,’ one wrote while another added: ‘I’m sorry, but if you’re going to impress the judges, the Spice Girls Wannabe is not the song to sing.’
Someone else said: ‘The girl singing spice girls it’s a no from me.’
Leona won The X Factor all the way back in 2006 and has a wealth of insight into the process. She previously described her experience of being a judge on the show as ‘surreal’.
‘I just loved it. It was such a good experience,’ she shared on This Morning.
‘We’ve got a lot of 16, 17-year-olds,’ she said. ‘[They are] really young and willing to work. We had one girl that was like “I only sing in my bedroom” then she’s in Birmingham Arena.’
The X Factor: The Band continues tonight at 8:30pm on ITV
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