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"James Arthur has reportedly ended his relationship with dancer Lucie Poole. The X Factor finalist is said to have split up with the 18-year-old after their relationship began having troubles since he reached the Judges&amp;#039; Houses stage of the show.   Dance teacher Poole was seen supporting Arthur backstage at his first audition for the ITV competition. Arthur&amp;#039;s former bandmate Richard Doney confirmed that he broke up with Poole a few weeks ago. &amp;quot;They met each other through performing. Lucie is a very good singer. Over the last few years James had a number of girlfriends, but she was very special,&amp;quot; he told The Mirror. A source close to Arthur added: &amp;quot;He really liked Lucie but when he got through to the Judges&amp;#039; Houses stage problems started to appear. &amp;quot;It became clear it was going to be almost impossible for them to maintain a relationship with James being so busy so they decided to split up. It&amp;#039;s a shame.&amp;quot;      James Arthur tweeted last week that he was &amp;quot;newly single&amp;quot;, and was later spotted with Take Me Out star Chanelle McCleary at a London nightclub. Insiders alleged that Arthur and McCleary were &amp;quot;snogging each other&amp;#039;s faces off&amp;quot; at Whisky Mist. Arthur recently slammed Digital Spy forum users, calling them &amp;quot;lowlifes&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;clowns&amp;quot; and suggesting they &amp;quot;should be locked up for some of the s**t they say&amp;quot;. New! Digital Spy breakfast show - watch Anna Williamson discuss the day&amp;#039;s biggest stories including The X Factor, Homeland and Leona Lewis:  Picture gallery - X Factor first live show:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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