Complex sentence: Cosima, finishing in third place withdrew from the competition following a diagnosis of throat nodules and underwent vocal therapy at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital to avoid permanent vocal damage allowing fellow contestant Shannon Noll to join Guy Sebastian in the Grand Final.
Split into simpler sentences: Cosima, finishing in third place withdrew from the competition following a diagnosis of throat nodules. Her withdrawal from the competition allowed fellow contestant Shannon Noll to join Guy Sebastian in the Grand Final.