'X Factor' star: 'Dannii didn't mentor us'

A singer hoping to progress to the X Factor live finals has hit out at mentor Dannii Minogue.

Suzie Furlonger, one of six in the judge's over-25s group, claimed that she only saw Minogue and guest judge Emma Bunton for 45 minutes while filming and rehearsing in the South of France.

"We hardly saw them at all. Danni spent less than an hour in total with us during three long days. Emma spent even less," she said.

"A lot of people assumed we were going to get expert coaching from Dannii and Emma... But there was none. Dannii only appeared three times.

"She was nice when she was around. But we didn't get to know her at all."

Louis Walsh recently remarked that he expects Minogue to be axed from the next series of the ITV1 show.