X Factor's Lloyd phones his fans (From Penarth Times)

X Factor's Lloyd phones his fans

4:46pm Monday 30th November 2009

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X Factor reject Lloyd Daniels said he's been deluged with fan mail - and has even found the time to reply personally to some lucky fans.

The 16-year-old from Wales just missed out on reaching the semi-final after being booted out of the ITV1 singing competition at the weekend, and said he was sad to leave but that he hoped for a bright future.

Talking about the fan mail, he said: "I've had a bit of strange fan mail but it's quite funny.... love letters, a lot of phone numbers - I've actually called three people... these are the people that keep sending stuff in so I thought I'd say thank you back."

But it seems the fans were too starstruck to converse. "They didn't say much to be honest, they were just screaming down the phone," he said.

Speaking about the fans who have been gathering outside the contestants' north London house, he said: "It's mad, but it's lovely. You walk out of the house and they're screaming your name and they want their photograph with you and they want you to sign autographs and I'm like 'I can't get it all in, I need to get in the car'."

Lloyd brushed off any suggestion that his mentor Cheryl Cole gave rival contestant Joe McElderry preferential treatment.

He said: "I didn't think she backed him more than she backed me, Joe was note perfect, every judge seemed to like Joe which they didn't with me, there's a lot of support for Joe."

He said Cheryl had already been in touch with him today.

He said: "She texted me this morning to say 'morning, I hope everything's ok and not too crazy.' She's been great.

"She's someone to look up to, I had the best mentor. I had a bit of trouble with the accent but that was it - it was hilarious."

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