Christopher Maloney and Rylan Clark in backstage X Factor fight
Rival talent show finalists at war backstage
- Was the elimination of Carolynne a fix? The choice was between character Rylan or Carolynne, one of the strongest (albeit boring) singers in the competition. Carolynne went home as she had not received as many votes as Rylan. Many have speculated that it was a fix, with a producer seen whispering to Louis Walsh - who was responsible for the 'deadlock' that saw Carolynne leave the show.
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X Factor finalists Christopher Maloney and Rylan Clark are rumoured to have had a huge backstage fight ahead of this weekend's live shows - and are refusing to be in the same room as each other.
The two finalists are now said to be refusing to be in the same room as each other - despite enjoying a day out at Eurodisney together earlier in the week.
"Christopher has been really bugging Rylan backstage - and Chris isn't everyone else's favourite contestant either," says a source for the show to The Metro.
"The two of them have really clashed over the past week, culminating in a massive fight. A lot was said and a few choice swear words bandied around."
"They don't want to be anywhere near each other and are refusing to share the contestants' communal dressing room.
"Chris can come across as arrogant and some of the other contestants think he's fake and puts an act on for the cameras."
Clark and Maloney together Eurodisney this week
Maloney was previously criticised by former contestant Kye Sones after her was elminated from the show. Sones admitted that he thinks Maloney is completely fake and a different person when the cameras are on him. Maloney has been accused of this before, with a source saying previously that his fellow contestants believe that Maloney's nerves are 'over the top' and 'fake'.
But Sones was a lot more specific, saying, "All of us have got really close and then you've got Chris. We've been a really strong group and he's been an outsider - and that's nothing to do with any of us lot.
"He's very tactical. There are two different people - one when cameras are there and one when they're not there. Everyone is the same person off and on camera, apart from Chris - and that's why it's frustrating for all the contestants."
When asked how Christopher managed to stay out of the bottom two, Sones responded, "God knows. He must have an expensive phone bill!"
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