Potential X Factor winner Joe McElderry, reportedly fancies former contestant, Rachel Adedeji.

The Mirror claims that Joe fell for Rachel when she was living in the X Factor house and since she left, the pair are said to keep in close contact by phone and texts.

“Joe thinks Rachel’s totally amazing,” a source said. “They were best mates in the house but he’d like her to be his girlfriend. He has missed her since she left the competition and the house. They talk on the phone all the time.”

The insider also claimed that the pair have a lot in common, saying: “They are both really down-to-earth, genuine people and it’s obvious when you see them they care a lot about each other.

“I think it’d be great for Joe to have a girlfriend who’s into the same things as he is.”