Rita Ora Has Cancelled Her Appearance At Manchester X-Factor Auditions

Rita Ora will be notably absent at this week's X Factor auditions in Manchester.  The Poison singer was due to begin her judging duties earlier this week. However, following the passing of Simon Cowell's mother, Julie, the audition schedule was moved around and has resulted in a diary clash for the singer. The star reportedly has a schedule clash.  The Manchester sessions are now due to take place on Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th of July. The 27-year-old will appear at the Wednesday session, but has commitments at Paris Fashion Week in France on Thursday, according to the Daily Mirror. Rita attends the Chanel show at Paris Fashion Week on Tuesday.  A spokesperson for the hit ITV show has said: "Rita obviously wanted to be there but it is just unfortunate that with the change in filming dates there is an issue. "We will go ahead either with Simon, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Nick Grimshaw, or drafting in a guest judge."