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There was mayhem last weekend when Sharon Osbourne decided to save Honey G and bring her through to the live finals.

Now, we get that she's a laugh and she gives the show a bit of a Jedward-esque vibe, but we were really rooting for the Irish hopeful Janet Grogan.

Another favourite that failed to make it through was Samantha Atkinson, and her cousin is having absolutely none of it.

She wrote a petition to have Honey G removed and said: "Samantha Atkinson is my cousin and I and thousands of other X Factor viewers feel she was robbed of her place on live shows tonight when Sharon Osbourne gave Honey G one of them places in the final 12 (sic).

"Let's sign and show X Factor bosses and ITV that they have made a huge mistake."

The petition has raked up about 10,000 signatures, but we're sure Simon will do absolutely nothing about it.

What do you think of the decisions being made this year?

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Pretty much from day one, Farrah Abraham has been the reality star everyone loves to hate.

But now it seems it's reached a point that Teen Mom fans want her completely off the show.

A petition on Change.org which calls for Farrah to be fired from the series has now reached a total of 75,000 signatures.

 

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According to the show's fans, Farrah is ruining the series they once loved. 

Written at the top of the heavily-signed petition is: "The purpose of this letter is not to 'slutshame' Farrah but to fish our beloved show out of the toilet before it's too late.

"We the fans will not accept yet another transparent 'intervention check-up hour' with Dr. Drew for Farrah – been there done that.

 

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"It accomplishes nothing and does not address the real issue: We want her gone. Not all drama is 'good drama' and continuing to have Farrah on this show is incredibly inappropriate to the tone as well as the message of this show.

"The fans are loyal and the other three girls can easily carry the series without compromising MTV's original commitment to create a show that facilitates community, respect, education and support for young mothers."

 

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It continues: "#FireFarrah Abraham and restore integrity to Teen Mom."

Wow. Whoever made that petition is not messing around.

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A new petition has been launched calling for Jesse Williams to be fired from Grey’s Anatomy after he spoke out against racism at last month’s BET Awards.

While making his acceptance speech after receiving an award for his humanitarian efforts, Jesse – who plays Dr Jackson Avery in the hit medical drama – explained how prevalent racism still is in the States today by highlighting cases of police brutality and the lack of equal opportunities available for people of colour.

He said: “I don’t want to hear any more about how far we’ve come when paid public servants can pull a drive-by on a 12-year-old playing alone in a park in broad daylight, killing him on television then going home to make a sandwich.” 

“We’re done watching and waiting while this invention called whiteness uses and abuses us, burying black people out of sight and out of mind, while extracting our culture, our dollars, our entertainment like oil.”

 “The thing is, just because we’re magic, doesn’t mean we’re not real.”

Jesse – who played Holden in The Cabin in the Woods – received a standing ovation before he had even finished the speech, with many audience members being reduced to tears by his impassioned words.

But not everyone was so impressed by the actor’s speech as the Independent has reported that a new Change.org petition has been launched which is calling for Jesse to be removed from his position on Grey’s on the grounds that his speech was racist.

The petition – which has so far received over 2,300 supporters – states: “Jesse Williams spewed a racist, hate speech against law enforcement and white people at the BET awards.”

“If this was a white person making the same speech about an African American, they would have been fired and globally chastised, as they should be, but there has been no consequences to Williams' actions.”

“There's been no companies making a stand against his racist remarks and no swift action condemning his negative attitude.”

So far there has been no reaction to the petition from the ABC network.

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It seems like Donald Trump might NOT be allowed to enter our fair green isle.

TDs and senators have to discuss the outcome of two petitions calling for Donald Trump to be banned from coming to Ireland.

The Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions have to address both petitions after Irish citizens were appalled by Donald's comments on banning Muslims from America.

Yet, it might not be so easy as the panel have to examine if the petitions comply with standing orders. 

Last month, Enda Kenny said that Mr Trumps comments were "not acceptable."

However, Donald does own his very own hotel in Doonbeg, Co. Clare called Trump International Golf Links and Hotel, where he was warmly greeted in 2014, so for now, the outcome of these petitions is high up in the air.

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Along with a star-studded cast it seems! Can they make it happen?

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The White House has responded to a petition demanding Justin Bieber be deported to his native Canada.

The ruling? It looks like Biebz is safe to stay on American soil…for now.

“Sorry to disappoint, but we won’t be commenting on this one,” the White House’s statement read.

It seems that President Obama isn’t getting involved in this one and is leaving it to “others to comment” on the Baby singer’s bad boy behaviour.

Bieber’s arrest in January for drag racing, DUI and resisting arrest in Miami Beach inspired the petition to kick the pop star, who was raised in Ontario in Canada, out of the US.

It received 273,968 signatures — nearly triple the amount needed to guarantee an official response.

The petition read, “We the people of the United States feel that we are being wrongly represented in the world of pop culture. We would like to see the dangerous, reckless, destructive, and drug abusing, Justin Bieber deported and his green card revoked. He is not only threatening the safety of our people but he is also a terrible influence on our nations youth. We the people would like to remove Justin Bieber from our society.”

The White House, in its response, did not address the 20-year-old’s legal problems, but it did discuss immigration reform, “Independent economists say immigration reform will grow our economy and shrink our deficits by almost $1 trillion in the next 20 years.

“For those of you counting at home, that’s 12.5 billion concert tickets — or 100 billion copies of Mr. Bieber’s debut album. You better believe it.”

It looks like the singer isn’t letting anything get him down, and tweeted on Sunday, ” Learned a lot this past year thru trial & error but that is life. Excited for what’s next.”

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