Battle of the divas! Former Pussycat Doll Kaya Jones blasts Nicole Scherzinger for saying she sang '95 per cent of the vocals'

By Mike Larkin

Published: 16:52 EST, 7 October 2012 | Updated: 01:56 EST, 8 October 2012

Fuming: Former Pussycat Doll Kaya Jones has blasted Nicole Scherzinger for claiming she sang all of the group's vocals

Fuming: Former Pussycat Doll Kaya Jones has blasted Nicole Scherzinger for claiming she sang all of the group's vocals

She is known for playing the shy and retiring type on television.

But it seems there may be more to former X Factor judge Nicole Scherzinger than meets the eye.

For former Pussycat Dolls bandmate Kaya Jone  has lambasted the singer, branding her a stuck-up diva.

It comes after Nicole kicked proverbial sand in the faces of the rest of the chart-topping group by claiming she sang 95 per cent of the vocals on their tracks.

Furious Kaya told TMZ the only reason Nicole sang lead vocals for everything, is because 'there was a lot more going on behind the scenes.'

The Buttons singer added: 'Nicole was always someone who wanted to be in the spotlight and would do pretty much anything to get it.

'To call the other girls in the Pussycat Dolls "window dressings" is a bit farfetched ... every girl in the group was talented.'

Kaya starred in the group alongside Nicole from 2003-06, and left the band just before they broke big with the debut PCD album, though she was a member when their smash song Don't Cha was released.

She departed to concentrated on a solo career, though the 28-year-old Canadian surely rues that decision, as she's yet to have a major hit.

The feud opened after Nicole slated her former bandmates, saying the reason she was the focus of the band was because she was the best.

She said: 'I love those girls. They're like my sisters. But people don't even know the whole story. They have no idea. I was in the centre because I was singing.'

Big bust up: But it appears Nicole may have been telling the truth about how much she contributed

Big bust up: But it appears Nicole may have been telling the truth about how much she contributed

She estimated she 'probably did 95 per cent' of the singing 'on my own' for the band's debut.

Lewis Hamilton's squeeze added: 'I hope I don't get in trouble for the stuff that I say, but I'll never forget I finished the album, PCD, and Ron and I brought the girls into the studio and we played it for them.

'It was the first time they'd ever heard the music. Do you understand what I'm saying? We played the album for the Pussycat Dolls. It was the first time they'd ever heard the songs.'

The album's executive producer Ron Fair backed up her version of events.

He said: 'Melody sang a bit here and there, but the records were Nicole, with the exception of an occasional ad-lib. They were Nicole. It was her.'

Out in front: Nicole said she was made the band's leader because she was the one doing all of the singing

Out in front: Nicole said she was made the band's leader because she was the one doing all of the singing