X Factor’s Simon Cowell has a diva strop live on air because the cameraman wasn’t focussed on him

Simon Cowell threw a tantrum on the X Factor because a cameraman failed to make sure all eyes were on him.

Despite the fact he was midway through giving hopeful Ryan Lawrie some feedback (yeah it’s not about you right now, Simon), the music boss threw a wobbly because his face wasn’t on the big screen.

‘Why aren’t I in the close-ups by the way?” he raged. ‘I should be on that screen!’
X Factor's Simon Cowell throws tantrum live on air

The offending screen which did not have Simon’s face on
C’mon cameraman dude. You had one job.

‘I should be in the close-ups thank you very much,’ Simon added. It’s cool though, Si. We all know what you look like.

‘Er there you are,’ Nicole Scherzinger said, pointing out he was just looking the wrong way and that his mug was in fact on the other three-storey-tall screen.

Back to Ryan, and although Simon wasn’t impressed with the cameraman’s antics, he was mightily taken by Ryan’s performance.

Despite opening with calling it ‘corny’, he also told the 20-year-old it was his best performance to date.

‘You looked like you were having a good time up there and when you have a good time, we have a good time,’ the 57-year-old said. ‘I’ve said this before, I have a lot of respect for you.’