Former X Factor runner-up Andy Abraham has criticised current contestant Stacey Solomon saying she “needs to hold herself better.”

Abraham was speaking to East Herts Herald just after the release of his new Christmas single ‘Oh Holy Night.’

He said: “I like Stacey but I think she needs to hold herself a bit better because that whole Essex girl personality creeps out a bit too much.”

He also admitted that Olly Murs is his favourite contestant on the show saying:: “My favourite is Olly he reminds me of a young Robbie Williams, I do like Olly even though I think the George Michael song he did was wrong for him.

On his new single the former UK Eurovision entrant said: “The response has been great everybody has been really pleased with it. Compared to what I did on the X Factor which was a much bigger production I wanted to bring it down to a more acoustic style.