Ms Alexander claimed her outburst, which included throwing her microphone as she stormed off the stage, swearing and hitting a cameraman, was because she had been "sabotaged" and "set up" by the programme makers.

BBC: X factor

In the blitz of light which followed, James our giant Aussie cameraman picked up his own video camera and blasted 250 watts of power back in their faces, to the cheers of the restaurant users not employed in the pursuit of celebrity snaps.

CNN: Behind the red carpet at Cannes

An amateur cameraman captured the performance, and the footage ended up on YouTube.

ECONOMIST: An entirely new excuse to fight

And producer Jonathan Sumberg, who also doubles up as a cameraman, had with him a Sony EX1 - a smaller broadcast-quality camera - and two GoPros.

BBC: Cameras to capture a road trip

The Lebanese director Ziad Doueiri left his native Beirut at the age of twenty, came to America, wound up as a cameraman on Quentin Tarantino pictures, and has now returned to his home town to make his first feature.

NEWYORKER: West Beirut