We all thought Elton John was protesting too much when he claimed that he'd rather have have his cock and balls chewed off by an Alsatian than watch the X Factor last year, but you'll have to put that visual on hold as he wasn't anywhere near a telly last night...

There were tumble weeds rolling through Movida last night as any regulars not otherwise engaged by X Factor were mopped up by Elton John and whisked off to his supposedly high society annual Winter Ball. The Saturdays and Amelle Berrabah's invite wasn't the only surprise though - Liz Hurley broke a habit of a life-time and tucked her tits in, probably because she knew she could never compete with Tracey Emin, whose face could never compete with her chest either.

Elsewhere it was business as usual as Sophie Ellis Bextor and husband did what they do best and stood on a red carpet.

Rather than holding a grudge against Lily Allen after she got pissed up and told him to "fuck off" onstage last time they both attended a black tie event, Elton decided to utilize the singer's main talent and got her to design a cocktail bar which was auctioned and raised thousands - unlike her New Look fashion range or jewellery collection we suspect. 

Fuck knows what a Lily Allen bar looks like (empty?), but she explained why she was so keen to be involved, saying:

“I thought, it's such a good idea, but what if you're not a millionaire and don't have that much space? ... So I decided to make something a little bit more compact."

Thanks, Lily - you really are the new people's princess.

Other items being auctioned off for charity included a meet and greet with Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton, which we can't imagine being very thrilling. But then again, we always thought Tiger Woods was boring...