It’s all about family: Sharon Osbourne ditches her X Factor finalist Sam Bailey to jet thousands of miles to comfort son Jack after Dancing With the Stars loss

PUBLISHED: 09:57 EST, 27 November 2013 | UPDATED: 10:27 EST, 27 November 2013

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She may have only one contestant left to fight her corner on the X Factor but that hasn’t stopped judge Sharon Osbourne from jetting 5,000 miles away this week.

The 61-year-old caught the red eye from London, landing in her home town of Los Angeles on Monday in time to support her son Jack Osbourne on the Dancing With the Stars final.

Sharon wanted to be in the front row to see Jack dance his final steps on the US show, with the mother of three seen looking emotional as her 28-year-old son finished in third place.

Family support: Sharon Osbourne flew into Los Angeles on Monday in time to support her son Jack on the Dancing With The Stars finale

Jack, who has recently been struggling with painful symptoms related to his battle with multiple sclerosis, ran over for a big hug from Sharon and wife Lisa Stelly as he bowed out of the competition on Tuesday.

The final tally saw Amber Riley in the number one spot, leaving Corbin Bleu and Karina Smirnoff in second place and Jack and his pro partner Cheryl Burke in third.

Sharon has been concerned about her son’s health after he wrote on his Facebook page last week that he was experiencing a relapse of his auto immune disease.

Doting mother: Sharon was teary eyed as she watched her son dance his heart out on stage

The former reality star wrote to fans: 'I woke up Tuesday morning feeling not so great. I had a thumping migraine and I started noticing some vision problems with my left eye.

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'At first I thought it was just another migraine, but as the day progressed, I started feeling those familiar zaps of pain down my legs and arms.'

Proud to have made it so far: Jack Osbourne and Cheryl Burke placed third on Dancing With The Stars on Tuesday night

Emotional night: Jack embraced both his mother and his wife

Adding: 'After several weeks of being relatively symptom free of MS, this week it decided to give me a healthy reminder that it’s still there.'

Sharon was left shaken up by the news, telling The Talk last week: 'I’d been on a plane so I didn’t see Facebook, I saw nothing.

'I literally got to the studio at five minutes after the show had started, sat down, Jack’s… little video presentation came up and then he said that his eye was bothering him again and I never knew, so I just lost it.

Cheering squad: Also rooting for Jack alongside Sharon was his sister Kelly and his wife Lisa Stelly

'I completely lost it and well… he got through and I just can’t thank everybody enough for supporting him.'

It seems Sharon is keen to be there for her son, no matter what, and that includes her commitments to the X factor and her finalist Sam Bailey back in London.

Sharon has been commuting back and forward between LA and London since starting the live shows, but with two of her acts already knocked out, concerns have been voiced about the amount of time she’s spending with her acts compared to her rival judges.

A champion: Jack was happy to have made it so far in the physically gruelling competition

‘Sharon’s tough, but she’s doing a lot for her family at the moment,’ a source told Now magazine.

‘She’s a really family orientated woman, so this is hard for her.’

Sharon has been preoccupied with drumming up support for Jack this week, regularly tweeting in the days ahead of the final to try and get her son more votes but there’s been little mention of Sam since the weekend.

Supportive partners: Jack and Cheryl hugged it out during rehearsals

Whilst Sam is considered the favourite to win the competition thanks to her powerful voice, the 36-year-old prisoner officer recently admitted that she isn’t immune from low moments.

The mother of two told OK! Magazine that Harry Styles of One Direction had to step in ahead of last Sunday’s results show to comfort her:

High and dry: Sam Bailey headed to X factor rehearsals without her mentor Sharon on Tuesday

'I was having a fat day and thinking I was going home and Harry found me upset in the corridor, put his arm around me and said come with me,' she recalled.

'He was really sweet, hugged me and said, "Sam Bailey I want to see you go out there and smash it"', she added.

Harry Styles offered Sam Bailey a shoulder to cry on backstage on show 'low day'

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isayitasiseeit, London, 2 hours ago

This is not news...........She's been jetting to and fro fro LA every week since the X Factor started as she's apparently been doing a daily show over there.

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goodness, Reading Royal Berkshire, United Kingdom, 3 hours ago

who are they and why would anyone be interested in them

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j s, Berkshire, United Kingdom, 3 hours ago

do us all a favour & stay home sharon for good ........................

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Sue, London, 3 hours ago

Wow Ive not seen Sharon in a while, barely recognised her.

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Paul2013, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago

Sam Bailey has the personality of a dead mouse

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Russkijim, Moscow, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago

There is no human part of the foul mouthed woman left.

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Mr Mon Opinion, London, United Kingdom, 6 hours ago

Do you actually know what multiple sclerosis is? I hardly think he is being dramatic. Please try to be more considerate x

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Dcblacqua, Chandler, United States, 7 hours ago

I had no exposure nor desire re: the Osbournes. Jack's stint on DWTS changed that. He is a genuinely decent and nice man. He did very well. He made it to the finals and a helluva lot had to do w new TV friends voting for him. He is a lovely man and I expected an idiot. His family is tight and his wife a lovely lady.I may have never been an Ozzy Osbourne fan and clearly all of this is on Sharon Osbourne......she raised some nice human beings. Bad on me for thinking I knew they were all twits. This is a solid guy, a really decent man.