An old singing teacher of X Factor finalist Rhydian Roberts has spoken out today about the apparent sabotage of Rhydian Roberts reputation by X Factor producers.

“Rhydian told me they sent him an email telling him to arrive between 11am and 12pm – and sent everyone else one that said to arrive at 10am,” Michael Barry told The Mirror. “Then they show him being told off for arriving late. It’s a nasty way to treat a talented young man.”

Rhydian has also claimed this week that he feels his footage and time to camera was badly edited to make him seem like a pantomime villain, when in fact he’s just a big softy (?).

So did the X Factor producers warn the judges tonight to be nice to Rhyd? He didn’t receive one bad comment and even Sharon was nice to him. Simon told him that he had delivered the best performance of the night……. was it all a fix to try and make good with the boy they had set up?

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