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X FACTOR WASN'T SO CHUNDERFUL

THE X Factor makes you sick - according to one babe whose band made it through to boot camp.

Sexy Naomi Chan, from Butterfly Kisses, claims the food was so bad it gave a string of wannabes stomach cramps.

Singer Naomi, 23, said: “They were cooking huge batches of basic food like chilli and chicken.

“But loads of us got really bad stomach ache and lots of people felt ill at some point or another.

“The food was all quite cheap and it really showed with how people felt after they’d eaten it.

“You had to start considering whether or not you could face eating their food, it was that bad.”

She added: “The accommodation wasn’t much better. It was like university student digs, just really basic – not what you’d expect from a polished TV show like The X Factor. The whole experience was hellish.”

Naomi also described the bosses’ antics in the Oxfordshire camp as mental torture, saying they were made to rehearse for hours and left in the dark about when they were due to perform.

Naomi, from Essex, said: “They’d tell you to do stuff that was completely unnecessary. We were told to rehearse seven songs in total but only got to sing one when it came to the audition.

“You were kept completely in the dark about when you’d be performing. It was really tough. Every day you’d rehearse for hours on end and it was all for nothing.”

She added: “I think they deliberately stressed you out and were aiming to break people down. They were playing a mental game with contestants.

“You’d ask a straightforward question like, ‘Will we get to sing tonight?’ and they would just refuse to tell you.

“Every day we thought we would get to sing but we were left for four days with no idea at all what was going to happen.

“They also caused deliberate tensions after Simon Cowell hand-picked his own girl and boy bands.”

Naomi also claimed the whole competition was a fix.

She said: “The way the groups were chosen was unfair. They’d already decided what they were going to do.”

Source: Daily Star