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"An X Factor hopeful has quit the show in protest at poor conditions during the show&amp;#039;s boot camp stages. Budding singers who impressed the judges in their original auditions were invited to London last week for the competition&amp;#039;s second round, which sees the lineup whittled down to 24 each year. However, an 18-year-old contestant named Lisa walked off the programme before the six-day process was over, claiming that producers treated aspiring stars poorly. The girl, who refused to give her full name, told The People: &amp;quot;The lowly-looking meat on our plates had been treated with more humanity than us.&amp;quot; It is believed that the wannabe popstars were required for daily filming at the Hammersmith Apollo concert venue in west London before sleeping in \u00A3125-per-night rooms at the Hammersmith Novotel.  Lisa added: &amp;quot;I thought boot camp would be a good experience but it&amp;#039;s like a concentration camp where the producers are your jailers. They made us sit in the holding room for hours, sometimes eight, while they filmed. You weren&amp;#039;t allowed to rehearse, there was no TV, you couldn&amp;#039;t talk. They even took your jewellery if it was too noisy.&amp;quot; Meanwhile, a contestant in the &amp;#039;over 25s&amp;#039; category complained: &amp;quot;On the days you weren&amp;#039;t auditioning, you would be sat in the audience at the Apollo. You were allowed two loo breaks all day, only when the judges weren&amp;#039;t there.&amp;quot; It is not the first time that contestants have criticised producers for their behaviour at boot camp. In 2007, Joy Philippou, then 79, described the experience as &amp;quot;really scary&amp;quot;. Her complaints were later backed by fellow auditionees Kim Marrero and Natasha Benjamin. Responding to the latest claims, an X Factor source insisted: &amp;quot;Yes, it was long hours but they knew what they were signing up for. The hopefuls got breakfast at the hotel and decent food throughout the day.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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