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Top Gear host Chris Evans slated Simon Cowell as "weird and nervous" after tuning in to X Factor on Saturday night.

The TFI Friday host has clearly not forgotten how Nick Grimshaw was poached from under his nose to judge on ITV's talent contest.

He couldn't help but tweet about Cowell's own performance as a judge at the weekend.

Grimmy was in talks to host episodes of the relaunched TFI Friday - with returning host Evans going as far as to hail him "the future" of the show - when Cowell snapped him up as Louis Walsh’s replacement on the XFactor.

Evans' assertion that "Grimmy looks like the new man in the know" seems to be at odds with popular opinion amid plummeting ratings.

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And fans lashed out at Cowell's decision to save Mason Noise at the weekend.

Noise, who failed to hit some of the notes during his rendition of Boyz II Men's End Of The Road, was saved as opposed to his rival Seann Miley Moore following the live sing-off.

At one point, he even stopped singing.

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Radio 1 breakfast DJ Grimshaw was forced to defend himself recently amid reports that millions of X Factor fans hate him.

“I knew I’d get the scrutiny as Louis Walsh is so loved,” he told Alan Carr on Chatty Man.

“You’ve got to ignore it. My dad hates the Rolling Stones, so why can’t millions hate me?

“Have I been stung by it? Not really.

"Did I expect it? I thought there would be a change, because Louis Walsh is a part of the furniture, on the show for 11 years and sort of a national treasure.

“Of course there would be a backlash."

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When Grimmy was signed up for the show, Evans denied the situation had left a bitter taste with him.

"He’s exclusive with ITV, so it’s very disappointing. He will always be welcome on the show (TFI Friday) though," he told The Sun.

The future of X Factor seems to be up in the air with its ITV contract up in 2016 and the revelation over the weekend that the broadcaster has nicked rival show The Voice from the BBC on a £12million-a-year deal.

On a *sort of* lighter note at the weekend, Evans bemoaned the encroaching Christmas adverts on TV.