Three sisters who auditioned for 'The X Factor' this year have claimed that the show is a fix, containing staged scenes.
According to the Daily Star, the sisters, twins Shay and Annamay (25) and Baby-K (22) auditioned in a group called Shiikane.
They were put through to boot camp but said that they were then shocked to learn that many of the scenes that were filmed during that time were staged.
Shay told the newspaper: "People were told to tell sob stories if they had any."
"They were coaching people about what to say and exactly how they wanted them to say it and would re-shoot again and again if something didn't go the way they wanted it to. It was basically acting a lot of the time."
The hopeful also said: "We auditioned three times before we saw the judges."
"And we saw so many people who were really talented who never got as far as Simon Cowell."