Phillip Magees mum Ann is furious with Louis Walsh and believes that her son’s mentor is jeopardising her son’s chance of winning the X Factor.

She believes that Louis is trying to win Phillip the sympathy vote by delcaring him a ‘nervous little boy’ and is adamant that Phillip does not need this kind of help and can get through to the next round without it.

“I’m really upset with Louis Walsh,” she said.

“He’s supposed to be Phillip’s mentor but he didn’t stick up for him at all. To tell everyone he was nervous was wrong and made it look like he was after the sympathy vote.

“But Phillip doesn’t need sympathy. He’s a man and not some little boy.

“He’s performed two ballads now and they’re not the type of songs he’d normally go for. I talked to him about it after the show and he said that he’d talk to Louis and sort it out.

“Look at Chico, he’s being allowed to show the real him. But Phillip’s not. He was sent out there the other night to sing a song that didn’t suit him and wearing clothes that didn’t suit him.

“I really hope Louis comes to his senses because he very nearly got Phillip voted out on Saturday.

“The public are thankfully the ones who are voting to keep the contestants in, and it’s not down to those three clowns.

“Phillip told me he wasn’t nervous during his performance, but he was worried afterwards when the results were being called out.

“He’s delighted to be back in again and as he said, he just wants to be able to prove to everyone what he can do.”

Next week Louis has promised to turn Phillip into a young Cliff Richard….I’m not sure that’s what Phillip meant when he said he wanted to to a bit more ‘rock n roll’ Louis!