'X Factor' reject Ruth Lorenzo has said that her flirting with Simon Cowell on the show made her more confident.
Speaking after her elimination from the show, the Spanish singer said: "He's such a flirt! It's really made me very confident because I'm a curvy Spanish girl, and I've always felt overweight or not pretty enough."
"And to have this man - who is so powerful and hangs around with beautiful women - saying 'yeah, I fancy you', it's like, 'OK, I might not be that bad then'."
"Throughout the competition I've always said I didn't want to sing in Spanish, because I thought it was so disrespectful for Britain because they speak English here, so that's the language I should have sung in."
Ruth said that she is now backing her friend Alexandra Burke to win the show.
"For me, 'The X Factor' has a winner already and that's her. And I don't care if she doesn't - she is the winner of 'The X Factor'."
Speaking about Britney Spears' appearance on the show, Ruth said: "I think she came straight from France. She has a frantic life. I'm sure if she had the time she would have (met us)."
