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SHOCK! X Factor favourite Cher Lloyd was suspended from school for catfight

Contestant Cher Lloyd says she was 'standing up for herself'

Cher Lloyd has been tipped to win The X Factor

X Factor favourite Cher Lloyd was once suspended from secondary school for getting into a fight with another girl.

The singer was ordered to stay at home for 3 days by heads at The Chase School in Malvern, Worchestershire, after the scrap. 

But Cher, now 17, says the incident was blown out of proportion.

'She was suspended for a few days after a catfight at school,' an X Factor spokesman tells the Daily Record. 

'She says she was the victim of bullying and was standing up for herself.' 

Cher wowed the judges with the feisty Keri Hilson version of Turn My Swag On by Soulja Boy in her audition and is now a bookies' favourite to win the show.

She is being mentored by Cheryl Cole.

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