Tuesday, 9 October 2007

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Simon Cowell bans X Factor contestants having sex

Strict rules imposed at boot camp

Simon Cowell has put a stop to any mischief in the X Factor house – and has ordered separate rooms, single beds and even minders to stop contestants having sex.

The talented finalists will share an 8-bedroom luxury mansion in West Hampstead, London, and TV bosses have imposed strict rules to keep things clean.

They don’t want impressionable youngsters - including some 14-year-olds - to see anything saucy.

‘Contestants will be chaperoned and have parents and minders with them at all times in the house,’ a source tells the Daily Star Sunday.

‘In previous years some of the finalists have cosied up but that will not be allowed in the house this year.’

Last year there were rumours of wild partying.

‘Claims that come out of boot-camp of bed-hopping, drugs and booze were a huge embarrassment for Simon Cowell and the producers,’ says the source.

‘They want to make sure they have no more scandal associated with this family show and certainly no more sex.’

Alison Adey