imon Cowell had previously made headlines for stepping out on live TV in her palm leaf creation back in 2009, claiming she "wasn't feeling" the idea of a bikini.In fact, she even picked the leaves from the garden of the X Factor judge's Caribbean home in preparation for the boot camp show, which was filmed in Barbados."Simon was looking forward to the annual swimsuit and bikini and I just wasn't feeling it," the now 58-year-old revealed mischievously to Key 103's IN:Demand."He was like, 'Oh are you going to go shopping and get something?'"So when he went to bed that night I went and basically damaged his garden," the chuckling singer continued."I plucked huge leaves out of his palm trees and came out in that."She added teasingly: "He thought I was coming out in an eenie-weenie bikini."The 2009 stunt by the So Macho singer caused quite a stir - and there have been replica versions of the outfit ever since.For example, Robbie Williams surprised Gary Barlow by donning a near identical version of the outfit on X Factor himself two years later.The singer had disguised his modesty in a pair of flesh coloured pants.However today Rylan had been opting for a jungle inspired look, with a flash of leopard print beneath his version of the outfit.Sinitta, who'd later announced Simon had realised he'd made a "mistake" by replacing her on the X Factor panel with a Spice Girl, could scarcely believe her eyes when she saw the presenter enter the room."@bbcradio2 Waiting for Rylan and and apparently he is going to outdress me!" (Sic) she exclaimed, adding the hashtag "#NOTpossible!"However it looked like the star, who'd previously been on X Factor himself as well, was giving her a run for her money in the edgy outfit.Sinitta was.
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