Can't sing, can't dress... but Frankie Cocozza continues his tawdry bid to become X Factor's resident bad boy rocker ...

By Sarah Bull


Bad boys for life: Frankie Cocozza continued his bid to become X Factor's resident rocker as he left The Roxy club in London on Tuesday night after pulling five women


Gary Barlow was said to be so determined that his X Factor boys would perform well this weekend that he banned them from drinking and frolicking with women.

But it seems that poor-performing baby rocker Frankie Cocozza is exempt from his directive.

After a terrible performance last week on the show which saw him land in the bottom two, the 18-year-old singer was photographed leaving The Roxy club in London with several women on his arm.


He has become more famous for his tacky tattoos - a list of his conquests on his bottom - and it seems that show bosses may be keen to exploit that reputation as despite his lacklustre performance the 18-year-old had a 'free night' which allowed him to go and paint the town red with friends.

The rock star in training looked slightly worse for wear and allegedly had five women in tow, all adding to the legend being crafted for the singer.

The singer went drinking in Tottenham Court Road and a source told MailOnline: 'Frankie ended up pulling five girls, as well as doing shots at the bar and showing off his dirty dancing skills.

'He left the club with five women including a pair of twins he later slept with.'

Cuddling up: The 18-year-old singer looked slightly worse for wear as he left the late night London venue after an eventful night out

Heading home: Frankie made his way back from his night out in central London with five women he met on his 'night off' from X Factor duties

Frankie apparently didn't get home from his jaunt until 7am the next morning, when he returned to the X Factor house in Hertfordshire looking bleary-eyed.

One wouldn't have thought that Take That star Barlow would have thought this would be ideal preparation for rehearsals ahead of this weekend's make or break live shows.

However a source close to the show's production team merely said: 'Frankie's over 18 and it was his night off.'

The teen didn't look too concerned about the reports, indeed looking proud of his conquests as he arrived at the rehearsal studios yesterday morning, appearing very smug as he clutched a copy of a tabloid newspaper which no doubt contained news of his exploits.

Proud: Frankie looked proud as he arrived at the X Factor studios in London yesterday carrying a copy of the Daily Star newspaper boasting of his exploits

The acceptance of Frankie's behaviour is all the most surprising as the finalists have been hauled in for crisis talks after ratings dropped to a two-year low with more than two million viewers switching off.

Show bosses have blamed the poor appearance and lax attitude of contestants for the sudden plunge in viewers tuning in each week especially as the new judging panel Gary Barlow, Tulisa, Kelly Rowland and Louis Walsh have well received since the start of the new series.

Senior production crew told the finalists theyweren't living up to the show's 'brand', had alienated their audience by refusing to talk to fans and spent too much time 'slobbing around in pyjamas.'

Out again: Frankie hit Mahiki Club last night and then grabbed something to eat at burger joint McDonald's

A source told The Sun: 'It was a pretty fiery talking to from some of the senior production team. The acts were told in no uncertain terms what was expected of them.'

Clearly, Frankie remains exempt from the supposed new standards now being demanded.

Frankie's night out came after Beccy Shaw, with whom he enjoyed a brief fling during the bootcamp stage of The X Factor, told heat magazine he had boasted to her than he had already slept with 64 girls, including an older woman with children.

Beccy, 18, told Heat magazine: 'We did get together, but it wasn't like what he said - we didn't sleep together.

Ready for the weekend? X Factor contestants Sophie Habibis and Misha Beccan partied for the second night in a row

'I stayed in his room on the last night (at boot camp), but Luke Lucas and about five other people were in there, too.

'He was very proud of his conquests, though. He told me he'd slept with 64 people. He'd been a club rep in Malia and got a lot of attention out there. He even told me he'd got with someone who was 26 with two kids.'

Beccy said Frankie soon turned his attentions from her to Amelia Lily who was later axed from X Factor on the first live show by her mentor Kelly Rowland.

She added: 'He plays the game very well. He'll go up to a girl and be mean, then make it better by saying something nice. He'll keep you on your toes.

'But it bothers him if a girl doesn't go for him. He's got a very big ego and if girls don't like him he really takes it to heart.'

Here come the X Factor boys: From left, Andrew Merry, Derry Mensah and Frankie Cocozza rip it up while out on the town in London last night, fellow competitor Charlie Healy can just be seen in the background


source:dailymail