X Factor's Lloyd Macey has been keeping his fellow competitors up at night because he's been reciting poems while sleep walking around the show's plush mansion.

Nicole Scherzinger

Nicole Scherzinger

The bosses of the singing show were planning to call in the ghost busters after the contestants complained that a spirit had been wandering the corridors of the house when the lights were out but, after further investigation, producers found out that it was actually the Welsh lad climbing out of bed in his sleep and chatting away to himself.

A source told The Daily Star newspaper: "Some of the girls were left terrified that there was a presence in the 'X Factor' mansion after hearing footsteps and moaning noises. They were too scared to get out of bed and look.

"They told the producers and the following night, one of the lads heard the same noises and when he went to see what it was, it turned out to be Lloyd."

The contestants are dropping thick and fast since the live shows hit screens last weekend as Tracy Leanne Jefford became the latest to get the boot in Sunday's (05.11.17) show when she performed Jennifer Lopez's 2016 hit 'Ain't Your Mama'.

Tracy wasn't bitter about her departure and has admitted she is "privileged" she got this far - and she insists she will continue singing "until [she] reaches the top".

Speaking to host Dermot O'Leary, Tracy - who belonged to mentor Nicole Scherzinger's Overs category - said: "Well I am privileged to make the second week. Because I have had the bestest week. I will not stop, I will keep going and going."

'The X Factor' will return to screens next weekend.