Yes, it turns out Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh had a massive row over Andrew's decision to keep Sam rather than Rachel.

First of all, can you imagine either of the gentle impresarios getting worked up over something? Also, surely Andrew was right? As he said, "The fact is Cameron wanted Rachel to stay. He wanted Rachel and Samantha in the final from the beginning of the series. Rachel did a fantastic performance but I had to face up to the fact that she wouldn't have gone any further. What I may think professionally is sometimes different to what the public want. I saved Rachel three times and she still ended up in the bottom two."

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