'CHERYL'S TO BLAME FOR THIS'.

Byline: Emily Woodrow

XFACTORhopeful Lloyd Daniels' mum has blamed Cheryl Cole for her son's precarious situation on the show.

Lloyd will sing his heart out again tonight to try to secure his place in the show for another week. Last week saw the Valleys' heartthrob made the bookies' favourite to be voted off the show, before he survived a sing-off with fellow contestant Rachel.

But if he gets voted out tomorrow, hismumLisa will be pointing the finger of blame squarely at his mentor Cole.

Lisa said Cole hasn't made the most of Lloyd's singing abilities and doesn't seem to know what songs work for him.

She said: "Cheryl isn't doing him any justice. He should be able to make his own song choices - let him sing what he knows he can do best.TheJasonMraz songhechose for his first audition in Cardiff was much more suited to him and the song he sang for survival on Sunday was beautiful, even if he had lost his voice and could barely talk.Heknows whatworks for him but Cheryl doesn't seem to be taking any notice of that. Why is she giving him girls' songs? First LeonaLewisandthenKatyPerry - what is she playing at?" Lisa, from Treharris, said Lloyd told her what song he was singing tonight for film soundtracks week - but didn't say if he felt comfortable with it or not.

"It's more his kind of song but it's still not perfect," she said.

"Itwas so hard seeing him in the bottom two lastweek andwewere completely shocked because we know how many fans he's got.

"We can't understand how he went from having 100,000 fans to beinginthesing-off.Theonlything that I can think of to blame is Cheryl's song choices for him."

But follow Welsh contestant Lucie Jones has less sympathy for Lloyd and the song choices Cheryl has made for him.

The 18-year-old, from Pentyrch, said: "As a performer, you have to be versatile and make every song your own. It's a cop-out to say the song doesn't suit you. Lloyd was initially happy with his song last week.

"It was only when it got to the end of the week and he got tired and ill he said hewasn't sure about it."

Last week, Lloyd landed in the bottom two alongside Rachel Adedeji.

Despite having lost his voice, the 16-year-old fought for his future with a rendition ofYouAre So Beautiful.

He got two judges' votes, one from his mentor Cheryl and another fromSimonCowell,meaning the vote went to deadlock.

Fortunately, Lloyd had received more public votes than Rachel and was safe for another week.

Lisa said: "I saw him Sunday after the show and he said he was disappointed... but knows it's just part of the show. Tonight he needs to knuckle down. He still sounds rough,andhedidn'tevenget to see a doctor until Tuesday.

"He's been diagnosed with a sister virus of laryngitisandwasgiven an injection in his bum and a course of antibiotics. The doctor said 48 hours should repair his voice, but that meant he couldn't begin practising until Friday."

She added: "He's given all he can to stay in the competition. Apart from a better, more appropriate song choice, there's nothing more he can do" Watch Lloyd and Lucie on X Factor at 8pm tonight on ITV 

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Lloyd's mum, Lisa Daniels with a poster from the Merthyr Express