Charlie Mole, member of X Factor band Hope, has revealed that XF bosses have banned her two year old son from the studio, stating that each member of thw audience must be 14 years old.

“I’m gutted. He’s my little boy and I just really want him to be there,” Charlie told the News of the World. “It’s been so hard being away from him. It’s like there’s a little hole in my heart all the time, and I’ve been crying lots.”

She added: “He’s got a Go Mummy T-shirt to wear while he watches me on TV. He’s really proud of me and we’ve got him a mobile phone so he can vote - he’s loving it.”

I don’t really understand the producers decision. Wasn’t Daniel DeBourg’s young son wtachin him the studio last night? That wee man couldn’t have been more than 4 years old!