Lloyd Daniel’s mum has blasted ITV’s The X Factor, insisting that they are not taking proper care of her boy.

Lloyd has faced heavy criticism from show judge Louis Walsh week after week and his mum Lisa has threatened to pull him from the competition if the bombardment continues.

Lisa told WalesOnline:

“At the start the judges were asked who the viewers should look out for and he said, ‘That little Welsh boy’, but now he’s completely reversed.

“Sometimes he says Lloyd is a little pop star and the next he says he should be in bottom two – I don’t think he knows what he’s saying. It’s just constant negativity, I wish he’d give him a break. Hopefully he’ll stop picking on him now the twins have gone because he won’t be threatened by Lloyd stealing his act’s fans.”

She added:

“If things got really bad, I would consider taking him off the show. ”

Lisa also hit out at the X Factor’s ITV2 spinoff show ‘The Xtra Factor’ for some of the phone calls they have put through to Lloyd.

She said: “They’ve been really negative towards Lloyd on the Xtra Factor, especially with viewers’ calls.

“They know what’s going to be asked before they play it live, so they are choosing viewers who just want to pick on him. I wanted to say something to the producers because they’ve really grilled him on there, but Lloyd asked me not to.

“And last week they showed coverage of fans for each of the remaining contestants, except Lloyd. Don’t tell me they can’t find a Lloyd fan to comment – they’re everywhere. Perhaps they’re trying to sway votes because they know he has so many fans.”

Lisa also claims that her son has been treated differently to other contestants and that he is being left to languish whilst the judges focus on other acts.

She said: “After Rachel was in the sing-off, the judges were all behind her trying to find ways of getting her to connect with the audience, but Lloyd’s been there twice and they don’t seem to care about him. What’s good enough for one should be good enough for another. You’d think as the youngest contestant they’d actually give him more support but they don’t.

“Also when Simon changed Danyl and Jamie’s songs last minute, it was publicised to gain them sympathy votes, but when Cheryl changed Lloyd’s song from Alicia Keys to Leona Lewis, no-one knew about it.

“They really mess him about.”

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