Friedman: 'Cher Lloyd is a natural'

Brian Friedman has claimed that Cher Lloyd is the best stage performer on this year's X Factor.

The creative director said that it hadn't been a year for great dancers on the ITV1 show, but argued that Lloyd was the one exception.

"Cher is a natural on stage. You don't have to tell her too much or tone her down too much," he told the official ITV website. "She has a great sensibility for her body. She knows what looks good on her, she knows what doesn't look good on her.

"You give her some little dance steps and she makes it her own. I'm loving the way that Cher is working the stage."

Joking about the other finalists' lack of dance skills, he added: "Anybody else... eek, it's not a year for dancers, let's just say that much. We don't have an Alexandra, who can pull out a routine or a JLS, who you can give great routines.

"But we have a got a great year of artists, who are all individual and can't be duplicated."