'X Factor's Chico to be a father

X Factor star Chico Slimani has announced that he is going to be a father.

The singer is expecting a baby with Daniyela Rakic, who has been his best friend for 15 years.

"Daniyela and I never looked at each other as anything more than soulmates until one night during X Factor," Chico told the News of the World. "It was just the right time for us. She had been talking about having a baby and I've always wanted a baby.

"The kids who dance on stage with me, The Chicettes, made me broody like crazy. But I wasn't going to just go out and find a woman on the street. It had to be someone I could trust.

"We'd been joking about what it would be like to have a baby together. She wanted one with green eyes and my legs and my body, but with her cheekbones. We laughed about it - then suddenly it happened."