A former boss of X Factor singer Danyl Johnson, has told The News Of The World that Danyl had a nervous breakdown when a boyband he was in broke up.

Paige Bond claims that Danyl is not over-confident and cocky, but that he wants success so badly that it consumes him.

Bond managed Johnson’s band NV, which was intended to rival boybands like Blue in the mid 90′s. However rows over lead vocals resulted in the band breaking up.

Paige revealed:

“Danyl fell apart. He could barely speak to us after the band split up, other than to say he’d had a nervous breakdown and been to the doctor.

“He wasn’t sure he could carry on being a singer because he was so fed up with being let down by people. He was broken.

“Success as a singer means everything to Danyl. Coming in the bottom two in the X Factor last week will have been shattering. He isn’t the cocky, over-confident person he has been portrayed as.

“The truth is he is extremely loving, caring and sensitive, and all he wants is to be a star.”