As the number of complaints flooding into OFCOM grows higher and higher, the mother of X factor finalist Rhydian Roberts has asked fans to move on.

Angela Roberts, 56, said the family now wants to put the incident behind them, telling the South Wales Echo: “We are just asking the nation to let it go and move on. The competition is overstaying.”

She added: “We give our very best to Leon as a family and look forward to Rhydian’s own career developing as it should.”

She might have a point. It’s not like ITV are going to strip Leon of his title anyway!