Pineapple Dance studios star Louie Spence has admitted that Matt Cardle is his favourite X Factor contestant this year.

The dance expert admitted that he enjoys Cardle’s unassuming ways, adding that Rebecca Ferguson is growing on him week by week.

Louie told Star magazine:

“Matt, because he’s an Essex boy. He lives about a mile away from where my parents live. I like his voice – he’s not trying to be anyone else.

“Rebecca was grating on me at first and I thought: ‘Come on, give me something,’ but she’s winning me over now. I want her to make me be like: ‘Oh, OK bitch, now I get you.’

And Spence thinks that teen sensations One Direction have a great future, whether they win the show or not. He added:

“They don’t have to worry, babe – five cute-as-button boys. They’re so marketable, it doesn’t matter if they don’t win, they’re going to have records and hits.”