X Factor meets the Osbournes

Tonight's X Factor contestants have a tough audience to impress - Sharon's hell-raising family The Osbournes.

11:03 08 October 2005

Tonight's X Factor contestants have a tough audience to impress - Sharon's hell-raising family The Osbournes.

As the judges make final decision on who will go through to the live stages of the show, they whisk their contestants abroad to a variety of destinations.

Simon Cowell takes his semi-finalists in the group category to a luxurious holiday home in Spain, while Louis Walsh leads his 16 to 24-year-olds off to his hometown of Dublin.

But it's Sharon's over 24s who enjoy the trip of a lifetime to the famous Osbourne Mansion in LA, where they perform in front of her family, friends and a few celebrity neighbours.

Let's hope the X Factor wannabes don't take any tips from Sharon's husband Ozzy Osbourne - the Prince of Darkness famously bit the head off a bat live on stage.