Menu Sections. T he teenager had "broken competition rules", according to producers of the show. He made an impact in the early stages when he boasted that the names of some of his many lovers were tattooed on his bottom. Many viewers were astonished that the singer remained in the competition following a below-par performance at the weekend. Andy Merry, of boyband The Risk - who were voted out on Sunday - said: "We've said to him 'You've got a great opportunity here, just calm down a bit'.
Cocozza said today: "I'd like to apologise to Gary, my fellow contestants and everyone who has voted for me, but, as of today, I will no longer be in The X Factor. I would like to thank everyone who has supported me. A spokeswoman for The X Factor said: "Frankie is leaving the show today after breaking competition rules.
We wish him all the best for his future. Just moments before leaving the show today, Cocozza boasted to fans on Twitter that he was shooting the video for an X Factor charity single, Wishing On A Star. Programme bosses said they would make an announcement tomorrow about how the Saturday show will pan out. It is the latest drama to engulf the show this year as the programme struggles to match audiences in previous years.
I'm sorry to see him go as we've been through a lot together in such a short time. And he added, throwing a lifeline to the young singer: 'I hope Frankie continues to look to me as a friend and supporter and works it all out, picks himself up and somehow tries to turn this into a positive. Misbehaving: The singer apparently arranged for five carloads of girls to follow him back to a house after partying over the weekend. Partying hard: Frankie at door and his friends brought back plenty of beer to a house after clubbing.
Disappointed: During Saturday's show Gary Barlow was filmed advising Frankie to 'get serious' and 'stop doing something that's going to make everyone hate you'. No news has been released yet about who, if anyone, will take his place, however Tulisa's group The Risk are widely rumoured to be returning. The spokeperson simply added: 'We'll make an announcement about Saturday's show tomorrow.
This isn't the first time Frankie has been linked with drugs. Last weekend his first girlfriend, Yasmin Griffith, revealed to a Sunday paper how Frankie turned to drugs when they split up last year. Weakest link: Frankie would most likely have been axed next week if he had stayed in competition due to his vocals.
The painful break-up sent the singer down a path of self-destruction which saw him start smoking, drinking and experimenting with drugs, she said. Blonde Yasmin, 18, who lost her virginity to Frankie aged 15, alleged how she once caught him with a bag of former legal high mephedrone, often referred to by its street name meow meow, at a party.
And last month, Frankie admitted he had ended up in a 'bad way' after he started taking the drug before it was made illegal in He said: 'I've done stupid things. I wasn't doing anything with my life. I was on the dole and depressed. Tired: Frankie was forced to admit he only had half an hour sleep on Saturday night when Dermot quizzed him on Sunday. Cocozza courted controversy from the start, when Gary Barlow originally chose him for live shows over singer Joe Cox for the boys category.
His vocals were weaker than his competitors, but ITV chiefs sold him to the public as a 'cheeky chappy'; a Robbie Williams character who didn't need the voice as he had the charisma. Yet, the teenager sealed his own fate after weeks of constant partying, taking girls back to the house he shares with other contestants, excessive drinking and continual lack of sleep. Making enemies: Frankie swore on live TV, sparking a flurry of complaints from Ofcom.
Further drama unfolded this week after media watchdog Ofcom launched investigations into his naughty antics. Cheeky: Frankie has an infamous tattoo on his backside show the names of girls he claims to have slept with. More than complaints from viewers were logged, with Ofcom launching separate inquiries into Cocozza's swearing on stage and allegedly glamorising alcohol consumption.
Before his performance on Saturday's show, Gary was filmed advising him on his behaviour. Every time I open a newspaper it's got your name on it, and I think "That's a load of votes gone. This is a massive, massive opportunity. Following the live show, in which Frankie performed a disastrous rendition of I Gotta Feeling by The Black Eyed Peas, he headed from the X Factor studios to an off-licence with friends.
He then went to a private party, later moving on to Funky Buddha where he met up with a fan before heading to a West London flat with several girls in tow. A source said: 'At one point Frankie was seen at a window in just his boxers. A taste for alcohol: Frankie sits in front of a chest of cocktails and various drinks during a trip to Mahiki. One of the girls in question, blonde Becca Hills told The Sun: 'We went clubbing, then all went to an apartment for a party. Some stuff might have happened Yesterday, Ofcom launched three investigations into the X Factor — two relating to the behaviour and portrayal of the teenager and one into the mishandling of an on-air competition.
The first inquiry is examining the broadcast of swearing before the 9pm watershed. A second investigation relates to a clip aired the previous evening showing what contestants had been doing during the week. Cocozza was seen spending his free time partying in London nightclubs and Ofcom received 28 complaints that it glamorised and encouraged the misuse of alcohol. Even though ITV apologised, watchdog bosses were said to be taking the swearing extremely seriously as it comes just weeks after it warned broadcasters over programmes aired before 9pm.
The new regulations aim to help broadcasters comply with the Broadcasting Code rules for pre-watershed content, paying particular attention to family viewing programmes, trailers and soaps. Wannabe: Frankie started wearing guyliner and was frequently pictured smoking and drinking. Ofcom is also investigating an on-air competition broadcast on October 22 in which multiple-choice answers were apparently mixed up.
During what will now stand as Frankie's final appearance last weekend, presenter Dermot O'Leary revealed, with mock-parental sternness, that the non-singer was appearing after having managed only half an hour's sleep. Even at the time, viewers didn't need a pharmacology degree to guess that he may not have achieved that feat on protein shakes.
The producers are officially "disappointed" but viewers may suppose that the year-old behaved exactly according to form. In any X Factor, there is a careful balance between acts who may be good for Simon Cowell's record companies and those who will enliven proceedings, a group to which Cocozza belongs. One of the frog-voiced wannabes, who would normally have provided giggles at the audition stages, was this year let through, presumably to provide comedy and controversy.
And he has. Cynics will also note that the consequence of Cowell Inc's fit of showbiz morality was to put The X Factor back on the front page of the Sun and other tabloids, a position it once claimed by right but which so far has been more elusive during this current dull run. And now whatever solution Cowell shouts down a transatlantic telephone to this weekend's absence of a contender — presumably the return of a voted-off hopeful — will give the next edition an interest it previously lacked.
Cocozza's expulsion represents another acceleration in the rock life-cycle. Even in the recent past, a star singer or band usually lasted a few years before losing the plot and then their record contract. With The X Factor, Cowell got the gap between centre of attention and Jobcentre down to a few months.
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