New Zealand’s TV3 sacks judges for humiliating contestant

New Zealand channel TV3 has sacked judges  Natalia Kills and Willy Moon from The X Factor after the couple bullied a contestant on live TV last night, reports the New Zealand Herald.

Kills suggested contestant Joe Irvine was copying her husband Willy Moon and said he was a “laughing stock” and made her “sick”.

Mediaworks, the owners of TV3, confirmed it fired the pair ahead of tonight’s live elimination show.

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