Bad Lashes singer, Sophie Wilson, has accused X Factor judge Simon Cowell of trying to fix the public vote by giving his act, Scott Bruton a bad song.

Scott sang sixties song, Yeh Yeh, on Saturday night and spent more of the time between the main and results show crying because he got such a tongue lashing from the judges over the crappy track.

Bad Lashes star Sophie Wilson told The Daily Star: “Simon picked that rubbish song on purpose. He is clever.

“He knows that if you get backlash because someone is awful, the public will go: ‘Awww!’ and ring up and save him.

That’s what everyone did.”