Tulisa 'angers X Factor bosses with late-night parties'

The X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos has reportedly angered bosses by hosting late-night parties in her dressing room.

The N-Dubz star has apparently been smoking backstage and allowing friends to hang out with her until the early hours.



Studio staff can't close the building until the parties have finished because she refuses to leave, The Sun claims.

"It's just not very professional. She's smoking in her dressing room in the breaks and it's full of her chavvy pals all drinking from her minibar," a source said.

"When they won't leave it means the security staff are stuck there waiting to lock up."

Producers apparently want the judges to set better examples for their acts after Rylan Clark and Lucy Spraggan were kicked out of London's Corinthia Hotel. It is feared all the contestants could be asked to leave over their increasingly wild behaviour.

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The source continued: "How can we expect the contestants to behave when the judges aren't?"

X Factor bosses recently stated that they had been "too cautious" after asking Dermot O'Leary to apologise to viewers over Contostavlos's use of the word 'MILF' on Saturday's (October 13) live show.

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