The Mirror has just reported that X factor contestant, Rachel Hylton has sacked her mentor Dannii Minogue today.

Anyone who saw Rachel’s furious face on the Xtra Factor, after she narrowly survived being in the bottom two last week, will know how upset she is at nearly getting the boot.

It seems like now she is blaming her mentor for her near departure and refusing to have anything more to do with her.

A source told The Mirror: “There have been some differences of opinion between acts and judges before, but not to this level.

“There is total breakdown

in communication between the two girls with Rachel ultimately feeling Dannii is failing her.

“She is desperate to win the competition but she feels she has no chance if Dannii keeps giving her the wrong tracks to perform.

“It has been bubbling under for weeks, ever since Dannii gave her the Robyn track Every Heartbeat to sing which really didn’t complement her amazing voice.

“But it was the final straw when she ended up in the bottom two. She demanded Dannii had to go.”

If this story is true, Rachel will now be the first X Factor contestant allowed to perform on the show without a mentor……groundbreaking stuff eh?

However this decision may just backfire on Rachel. She already has a poor reputation with the British public, and many view her as bad tempered and difficult. If she ends up in the bottom two again she cannot now rely on Dannii Minogue’s vote to help bail her out. This may just come back to bite her in the upcoming weeks!