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"{{tmz_video_0}}\n&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\n\"&lt;strong&gt;X-Factor&lt;/strong&gt;\" judge &lt;strong&gt;Paula Abdul&lt;/strong&gt; secretly instructed &lt;strong&gt;Nicole Scherzinger&lt;/strong&gt; to vote off &lt;strong&gt;Rachel Crow&lt;/strong&gt; last week ... just moments before the earth-shattering elimination -- and we have proof.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paula's mic was down when Nicole was making her decision -- but with a little volume tinkering ... you can clearly hear Paula whisper to Nicole, \"Just let it go to a deadlock.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nicole did just that ... a decision that sent Rachel Crow packing -- and resulted in a torrent of death threats from angry fans everywhere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone's blaming Nicole, but the audio raises the question -- is Nicole really at fault for sending Rachel home? So we gotta ask ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\n&lt;div style=\"float: left;\"&gt;&lt;!-- relatedpoll --&gt;&lt;/div&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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