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LEON GETS HIS HOPE UP AND DOWN

PRETTY X Factor Hope-ful Emily Biggs has an X-rated secret—she's having a fling with TV rival Leon Jackson.

The News of the World can reveal the stunning blonde—in girl band Hope—has dumped her boyfriend and is cosying up to Scots heart-throb Leon.

The lovestruck pair, who last night took to the stage in the live ITV1 show, are so desperate for time together that they even lock themselves in the LOO at the X Factor mansion for their own private performances.

Our revelation will rub salt into the wound for 19-year-old Louis Hill, from her hometown of Torquay, Devon, after she gave him the elbow this week.

An X Factor source said: "It was definitely love at first sight between Emily and Leon.

"They've been trying to keep things under wraps because of Emily's relationship but everyone on the show is aware of their special bond. Louis didn't want any involvement with X Factor. Emily decided it was easier to virtually cut contact with him. She's now told him that it's over."

Student Emily, 17, and shop worker Leon hit it off immediately after they moved into the finalists' north London mansion three weeks ago.

The insider said: "They clicked straight away but they've become closer than ever over the past week.

Locking

"Every moment they're not practising or performing they spend together and they share everything.

"They've also started locking themselves in the toilet at night in order to spend time alone.

"The other contestants realise there's something special going on. It's difficult to see how they'll cope if one of them is eliminated."

The pair have already had a taste of how tough the show can be. West Lothian shop assistant Leon, 18, has battled nerves in the live finals and been on the receiving end of some of judge Simon Cowell's barbed comments.

And Hope ended up in the bottom two with boyband Futureproof in a nail-biting results show last week but were saved by mentor Simon.

Our source continued: "Leon in particular has found the whole process of being on the show really challenging, especially performing live in front of the judges.

"But when he's with Emily his eyes light up and he's more than happy to spill his innermost thoughts about the competition. He doesn't want to go back to his life working in a shop.

"She helps him stop thinking and worrying about all the pressure that he's under." And Leon makes her laugh with his practical jokes and Ali G impressions."

Emily — who was rejected as a solo artist then picked for manufactured five-piece Hope — previously dated fame-seeking badboy Kevin Johnson, 18.

The Torquay lad claimed he was bisexual and was axed from this year's Big Brother line-up after being arrested following a bar brawl in Spain.

Close

Emily has made no secret of her feelings for bashful singer Leon. She recently gushed: "He's just lovely. I think it's his accent I like. He looks after me and all the girls in the house."

And Leon, who only started singing in January, has previously hinted that they're getting close. He said: "She was seeing someone but she no longer replies to his texts so things are looking up."

Eviction

JUDGES voted three to one to evict Andy Williams last night after he and teacher Beverley Trotman finished joint last in the viewers' poll.

Earlier Louis Walsh had blasted 22-year-old Andy's version of Snow Patrol's Chasing Cars. He told the asbestos removal company boss, who is mentored by Danni Minogue: "You're a great singer—but you're not a winner."

The decision left Andy close to tears.

Source: News of the World