The Voice Hopeful Lemuel Knights Slams X Factor Contestants

The Voice contestant Lemuel Knights has slammed X Factor for backing hopefuls who try to win with sob stories.

The singer - kicked off the ITV1 show in 2011 after initially impressing judge Gary Barlow - said he didn’t want to get votes by telling tales of woe.

Insisting this was his last shot at the big time on a reality show, he said he chose the BBC1 show as it’s not about personality or image.

The teen - who sang his own take on Jessie J’s single Do It Like A Dude on last night’s show - said: “The X Factor want an artist where vocals are not necessarily the best thing.

“But with The Voice it is just about how you sound, nothing to do with if you have got learning difficulties, or if your dog’s friend’s grandma’s passed.”

Lemuel - whose dad died from a heart attack when the singer was just eight - hopes to make his mother proud.

He said: “I am very close to my mum. In all I do, Dad is always around.

“If it is for anyone, it is for my mum.”

Lemuel’s performance left coaches Jessie J and Danny O’Donoghue fighting over him.

But in a bid to win Lemuel over, Jessie dueted with him - and her tactics worked.

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Sharon Osbourne Says Ozzy Has Been Sober 90 Days

Sharon Osbourne has revealed hubby Ozzy has been sober for 90 days - and said she’d never try to change him.

Their marriage went through a rocky patch when the Black Sabbath frontman, 64, admitted falling off the wagon.

X Factor judge Shaz, 60, said: “It’s acceptance of who that person is.

“If you think you’re ever gonna change anyone, you’re not gonna do it. You love them for who they are.”

Mrs O also admitted the couple enjoy JOGGING on the beach together.

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Spruce Bruce Looking For Love After Losing 4st

Jamie Bruce is a shadow of his former self since he went on The Voice – but in a good way.

The singing bouncer has lost four stone in seven weeks and is looking for love.

Jamie, in Sir Tom Jones’ group on the BBC show, piled on the pounds and ballooned to 24st after feeling like a loser when he was rejected from ITV’s The X Factor in 2011.

But now he is battling the flab, has spruced himself up and puts his new image - and success - down to the support he has had on The Voice.

Comparing that with his experience on The X Factor, he said: “I have been treated better by the BBC. It has changed my mental state and my insecurities. It’s been very positive.

“I came out of The X Factor feeling low and questioning if I should carry on.

“The first thing I did when I got kicked out was get a McDonald’s. I ate and drank a lot for the next four months to try and forget about feeling like a failure.

“It felt like the whole experience had been a big waste of two months of my life.

“But the difference with The Voice is that you have a vocal coach there who gives you constructive criticism even if they don’t put you through.

“So people don’t go away feeling they haven’t succeeded.”

Jamie, of Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, now wants to lose another three stone before The Voice live shows start on June 8.

He says: “With the frame of mind I’m now in, it has been so easy to cut out bad things. I was a man who used to eat a loaf of bread a day - but I have cut carbohydrates out of my life.

“I used to eat all the wrong things at all the wrong times and I didn’t do enough exercise. I was eating 3,500 to 4,000 calories a day. But now my aim is to get down to 17st.”

Jamie, who says he has been “100 per cent single” for the past two years, is also hopeful his new confidence will help him find Miss Right.

He says: “I seem to be getting a lot more looks in the street. I am definitely ready for love now.”

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