X Factor contestant, Daniel Evans has hit back at newspapers that claimed her was neglecting his one year old daughter by moving into the X Factor mansion.

The X Factor website quotes Daniel as saying:

"After the first live show I was really down and I was like, what on earth am I doing here, I should be at home".

"And still, every day I am here I wonder if I should be with her – but I really believe I am here for the greater good. It’s very important to me".

Danny added, "The longer I stay in the competition, the more chance I have of earning my living as a singer afterwards.

"The truth is, I only have two months of mortgage money left. And I have to find a way to keep paying the bills”

"There is no benefits system where I live in Spain. So I could stay with my daughter now and in two months we’ll be homeless together, or I could come back to England and we’d be on benefits or on the street.

"I’d like to ask the people who criticise me, is that what they prefer I do?

"I’m getting on a bit and the only tool I have is my voice.

"I’m trying to pay the bills, not chase an unobtainable dream".