Former 'X Factor' "contestant" Sally Hessnice has filed a lawsuit against the producers, Alleging that they both set her up for Failure and later edited video of her audition to make her appear less enticing as a performer. As a professional vocalist away from television, Hessnice has alleged that the embarrassment that was her 2013 audition has resulted in her "reputation as a professional singer has been irreparably tarnished." And it's **t just because Simon Cowell was more cutting than usual.