Simon Cowell misses first X Factor live show of new series after 'falling down stairs' (Report)

Simon Cowell has missed the first live show of this year’s X Factor after being treated in hospital following his reported fall down stairs at his London home.

Introducing the show, presenter Dermot O’Leary acknowledged to the audience: “You might have spotted one judge is missing.

“That’s because Simon was taken to hospital yesterday.

“But he’s doing fine, he’s back home, he’s watching the show. Get well soon boss.”

The host said the remaining judges, Nicole Scherzinger, Louis Walsh, and Sharon Osbourne, wished Cowell well and they hoped to see him “fighting fit soon”.

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