Former X Factor winner, Steve Brookstein has urged people not to waste their money by voting on the the ITV TV show.

Steve told BBC Radio 5 Live: “It is sad that there are going to be people who are going to be publicly humiliated. It is a form of bear-baiting.

“I’ve been banging the drum about what it’s about – people shouldn’t call in and they shouldn’t waste their money.”

Steve was dropped by Sony BMG after his first album, and this sounds like a bit of sour grapes to me!