Lily Allen: Diana Vickers should have been booted off the X Factor

Lily Allen has said she thinks it’s a “bit of a farce” that Diana Vickers has reached the final four on The X Factor.

Speaking on The Scott Mills Show on Radio 1, she explained that she was gutted when Ruth Lorenzo was voted off the show at the weekend: “Ruth was my favourite - really Vickers should have gone. I felt the whole thing was a bit of a farce.

“When she didn’t sing on Mariah Carey week she should have had to come back the next week and sung a Mariah song as well as a ‘Best Of British’ song, because then it would have been fair.

“I don’t think that Diana is very … good. [Well,] Diana’s good enough for Eurovision!”

The outspoken singer added that she didn’t want to come across as mean with her comments: “Why do I get myself into trouble? I’m a nice person really, I just don’t like Diana Vickers!”