According to tabloid reports, more X Factor types could be disqualified for breaking the rules. As previously reported, boyband Avenue were kicked off for already having a management contract, and now, apparently, the programme's producers have investigated a second boyband, Eton Road, and singer Ray Quinn, because both apparently have agent representation.
Details of both acts have been discovered on a website belonging to a Liverpool based agency, Colette Fenlon Management. The site explained that the boyband was formed via audition in April this year, while a page about Quinn blatantly references his the singer's X Factor involvement, reporting: "He's been selected for the boot camp, watch this space."
The show's producers say: "Neither act is currently under a deal and we have asked Ms Fenlon to remove their details from her site."
But another source says: "It's a clear breach of the show rules. What are Colette Fenlon Management, if not a management company? There's a huge row brewing."
If only they would televise all this backstage politics instead of all that bloody singing, I might actually watch.