In a recent press conference, X Factor finalist, Leona Lewis has hit out at people who claim the X Factor has been fixed in her favour.

The 21-year-old said: “It makes me angry when people say the show has been fixed – it’s not at all.

“I deserve to be here. I have worked so hard at trying to improve. I give 100% every week and I really want to win,” she was reported saying.

She retorted: “I was shocked when I read that I supposedly want to bed Simon. There is no way I would sleep with him. I never said anything like that.

“He is more like a father to me than someone I would go out with. He’s about the same age as my dad too. So the thought of me going out with him is all wrong – sick.”