X Factor contestant Daniel Pearce, has admitted that his girl has put him on a diet so he looks his best when performing at bootcamp.

He told The Sun: “My partner’s put me on a diet that has been working, which I will try to stick to.”

He also chatted about why he has kept his purple mohican for this stage of the show.

He said: “It’s part of who I am. I like to do things differently – and it so happens that by the time of auditions it was the length that I could start blow-drying and straightening it.”