Diana: 'I tried to tame my claw'

Diana Vickers has admitted that she tried to tone down her signature hand movements while performing on The X Factor.

The 17-year-old's quirky gestures sparked a well-publicised online campaign, with thousands of X Factor viewers joining Facebook groups protesting against her so-called "claw".

"It did make me a bit self-conscious and I tried to tame it," she told DS. "Brian Friedman would say to me, 'Tut tut Diana, the claw's coming back'. When it started rising to my face I'd be like, 'Oh no!'

"But if I stood there like a wooden spoon and never did anything with my arm, people would be like, 'Why does this girl never move?'"

However, Vickers insisted that she was able to see the funny side of the claw furore.

"People are like, 'Oh dear Diana, they're talking about your claw again', but I'm like, 'Excellent! I think it's a good thing'," she said.

"I just enjoy it and find it amusing. I'm a girl who has a wicked sense of humour so I just laugh it off."

> Click here to read our full interview with Diana Vickers