X Factor bosses are said to be furious after they found a pregnancy test in the contestants home last week.

A researcher reportedly found the test  in a communal room at the Hampstead mansion.

"Bosses went mad when told about the find because they have a duty of care towards the contestants and staff during their stay because of their relatively young ages," an X Factor insider told The People.

Simon Cowell was immediately informed of the find and the unnamed owner has since been discovered.

"After an investigation was launched the female who owned the kit sheepishly came forward and admitted it was hers," said the source.

"The words ‘pregnancy’ and ‘X Factor‘ just don’t sit well together. It’s meant to be a family show and bosses will go to any length to protect that image."