X Factor’s Judges Houses descended into pandemonium at the sound of loud gunfire when they waited for Cheryl’s imminent arrival.
Security guards flocked to Simon Cowell’s £10 million mansion in Nice, South of France, to discover the panic was caused by a farmer shooting rabbits in a field.
Detailing the event, an insider told MailOnline: ‘There was a lot of panic among the contestants. We didn’t know where the gunshots were coming from.
