X Factor Emily - Leon are Lovers

11-11-2007 08:49

"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, with shop assistant Leon, 18, having to battle nerves in the live finals and getting on the receiving end of some of judge Simon Cowell's barbed comments.

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

The 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 originally rejected as a solo artist then picked for manufactured five-piece Hope has made no secret of her feelings for bashful singer Leon. She recently declared: "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."

Meanwhile in last nights show Judges voted three to one to evict Andy Williams after he and Beverley Trotman finished joint last in the viewers' vote.

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."

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