The mother of controversial X Factor hopeful Alan Turner spoke out last night in defence of her son, saying, “He’s no X Faker. He hasn’t told a single lie about me.”

Alan was branded a liar after he told the judges during his audition that he didn’t know his real mum and dad.

But now, his mum Debbie Stanfield, 45, has revealed that Alan was telling the truth because he didn’t grow up with her or his biological father. She broke down as she admitted she had placed him in foster care when he was just four years old.

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Tonight’s X Factor is going to be an interesting state of affairs. As I mentioned earlier, Simon will speak to Alan Turner about claims he lied about not knowing his father.

We’ve written here in the past about the sob stories used on The X Factor to get the public interested in the contestants. Many a hard luck story has propelled a contestant further in this competition that if they’d relied on singing talent alone.

What’s new here is that Simon/The X Factor team are giving Alan an opportunity to respond to the press allegations on national television. This is quite unprecedented if you ask me, and makes us wonder if this publicity counterstrike is about the right to reply, or if they recognize Alan Turner as a viable contestant who might sell records by the bucketload.

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Alan Turner 24 from Barnsley

Alan applied to the show in order to reconnect with his paternal Mum and Dad, with whom he’s had sporadic contact with throughout his life after being bought up by foster parents. Alan started singing at the age of 6 and works professionally as a singer in the pubs and clubs as well as earning extra money working in a call centre.

X Factor auditionee, Alan Turner, caused uproar last month after he was branded a liar by several national newspapers. Alan appeared in front of the judges and claimed to be a foster child who just wanted to meet up with his real parents.

He told them: “I’d just love it if they were to get in touch and to say they did want to see me.”

However, days later Alan’s dad spoke out claiming to have been in constant contact wioth his son, having seen him only days earlier.

Alan is now worried that the whole situation might have cost him his place in the X Factor’s final twelve. Read more & comment »

I am betting that X Factor auditionee is wishing that he hadn’t bothered auditioning for The X Factor now.

He was seen on last Saturdays show crying about being raised in foster care and not knowing his real family, however his Dad was quick to point out in last weekends newspapers that he was in regular contact with his son.

Alan tried to defend himself in a statement last week, but today his mum and ex-girlfriend have added their stories to the mix and it does not paint a pretty picture of the singer.

“I have been a good mum to my son. I adore him but he has hurt me beyond belief,” Alan’s mum Debbie told The People.

She claims that she saw her son just a week ago before he went on holiday with friends.

“I gave him a kiss and wished him all the best,” she explained. “Then he suddenly said, ‘I might be on the telly next Saturday and it might upset you, but don’t worry about it’.”

Alan’s ex-girlfriend Alison Jennings has also spoken out about her fury when Alan told The Mirror that he may not be the biological father of their five-year-old daughter. Read more & comment »

X Factor contestant, Alan Turner has spoken out claiming that did not lie about his family history whilst auditioning for the X Factor.

Alan’s dad spoke out earlier in the week claiming that Alan had lied about not knowing his parents and many other facts, but Alan blamed X Factor editors:

“It wasn’t a true reflection of my life. I felt like a lot of the points were glossed over,” Alan told The Mirror. “But if they did all of it, then it would take up the whole show. There is so much more to my life.” Read more & comment »

Is anyone else finding this recent story about X Factor hopeful, Alan Turner more than a little confusing.

First Alan appeared on the show last Saturday, crying, speaking about his life in foster care and begging his real parents to get in touch. Then this weekend, Alan’s father spoke out and claimed that Alan has always known him and called him dad and claimed that he was brought up by his grandmother and not a foster parent.

Now in another twist Alan has spoken out today claiming that he is not a fake, yet failing to clarify who he was brought up by.

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