Nicole Scherzinger: I should have won an Emmy for the way I broke the news to Rylan

X Factor judge Nicole Scherzinger thinks that she put on an award worthy performance when she broke the news to Rylan Clark that he was through to the live shows.

Talking to omg! today, Nicole admitted that she enjoyed toying with the singer's emotions before revealing the good news.

She told us: "I loved it, I was gearing him up for it, I was trying to be all dramatic and everything with the whole 'risk."

"I should have won an Emmy for that when I was like 'it's a riskthat I wanna take!", it was intense!"

On hearing the news, Rylan burst into hysterics, weeping into one of the nearby hotel cushions.

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Rather than being concerned about Rylan's outburst, Nicole admitted that her first thought was for the pillow's welfare.

She explained: "I was like 'that is a very expensive pillow to wipe your tan off on!'"

Rylan then told us that the hotel have since been in contact with him regarding said cushion.

He told us: "The hotel contacted me to say we've got a cushion here- I thought they were going to give m! e the bill!"

"But they're actually sending me the cushion, nice bit of memory there."

This weekend all eyes will be on Nicole Scherzinger and Tulisa's outfits for the first live show. Nicole is, however, adamant that the two will not be competing with each other in the fashion stakes.

She said: "I don't think there is any rivalry between us, she's got her own style and I have my own style but I'm really looking forward to dressing up."

"I don't get to be on stage which is how I get to express myself through music so it will be quite cool to express myself through what I'm wearing."

When asked as to what she would be dressed in, Nicole played her cards close to her chest simply saying: "Dope s***".

We look forward to finding out what exactly 'dope s***' looks like on Saturday's X Factor.