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Eoghan Quigg's father has claimed that his son will return to music "bigger and better".

Chris Quigg said that Eoghan had been given "a quick kill" by RCA, who released his self-titled debut album in 2009. The reality TV star was dropped after the disc peaked at number 14 in the UK and dropped out of the top 100 after only three weeks.

Speaking to the Belfast Telegraph, Chris said that the label should have given the 17-year-old the time to develop as an artist like fellow X Factor acts Diana Vickers and JLS.

"The album of cover songs was recorded in eight to 10 days. How can you do an album properly in that length of time?" he said. "He never disagreed with them or questioned them, he just did what he was told. He didn't write the songs, he just sang them.

"Had he been given someone to co-write the songs and more time to work on an album, it might have been different. The other acts were all given nine months to a year. They should have done the same for Eoghan, instead it was a quick kill."

The Dungiven father admitted that the experience had been a "learning curve" for the family, but said that Eoghan had no regrets about taking part in the ITV1 programme.

"It was a brilliant platform for him and the disappointment came after the show. There are some fantastic people in the music industry and some who are not so fantastic," he said.

"We didn't even know he'd been dropped by the record company until we read in in the newspapers. That was pretty hard. He never expected to be treated like that."

He added: "He is concentrating on his exams for now but he will be back with some new material. He's taken everything on the chin so far and when he does bounce back, he’ll be bigger and better."


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