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VIRGIN RHYDIAN CAN'T GO ALL THE WAY

FAVOURITE Rhydian Roberts is desperate to take a girl to bed—but not for the SEX FACTOR.

The 25-year-old Welsh Christian, who has vowed to stay a VIRGIN until he's married, said: "I love women. I love them small, petite and blonde. I have fun with them, I just don't have intercourse.

"I need to find a girlfriend who has a lot of understanding to cope with not having full sex.

"If you have a faith you can't compromise. But I'm human—of course I get very tempted."

And he's not afraid to put his chastity vow to the test. He revealed: "I've had girls stay over the night. I'm proud of myself that I'm a virgin. I've had lots of chances to have sex.

"It's a test of my strength that I haven't."

Meanwhile, we can reveal Rhydian is being lined up to play the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom Of Manhattan, a sequel to his massive musical.

He tops a shortlist of candidates after impressing Lloyd Webber by singing Phantom Of The Opera on the ITV1 talent show.

An X Factor source said: "He's been thinking about what he wants to do next." .

Source: News of the World