{"id":2495,"date":"2010-11-17T18:44:39","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T17:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/?p=2495"},"modified":"2010-11-17T18:44:39","modified_gmt":"2010-11-17T17:44:39","slug":"the-x-factor-2010-wagner-claims-benefits-while-taking-part-in-the-x-factor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/2495\/the-x-factor-2010-wagner-claims-benefits-while-taking-part-in-the-x-factor\/","title":{"rendered":"The X Factor 2010: Wagner Claims Benefits While Taking Part In The X Factor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been revealed that X Factor finalist Wagner Carillho is reportedly claiming incapacity benefit, despite performing\u00a0 energetic dance routines on the show week after week..<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Wagner\" src=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/images\/uk\/x2010\/misc_oct\/Wagner-Birmingham-.jpg\" alt=\"Wagner\" width=\"590\" height=\"331\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The former PE Teacher and Karate instructor suffered an injury to his shoulder sometime ago that left him unable to work.<\/p>\n<p>X Factor sources say that he informed the Department for Work and Pensions when he landed a place on the show and they reportedly gave him the green light to perform, while still claiming benefits.<\/p>\n<p>A show spokesperson told The Sun:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe told him to talk to the benefits office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn terms of the show, clearly he was deemed physically fit to do the show because they all see the doctor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wouldn\u2019t put him on the show if we didn\u2019t think he was fit enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A DWP source said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has kept the Jobcentre up to date about his singing. He is due to be re-assessed for his fitness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople\u2019s conditions change all the time. When new information comes to light, we re-assess their fitness for work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An insider who knows the touchy feely singer added:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was stunned to see him on The X Factor throwing shapes and gyrating with all those scantily-clad dancers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as I was aware he was on incapacity benefit because his shoulder is so knackered.\u201d<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0466605792016836\";\n\/* auditions mid page 300x250, created 9\/6\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"2217652781\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It has been revealed that X Factor finalist Wagner Carillho is reportedly claiming incapacity benefit, despite performing\u00a0 energetic dance routines on the show \n<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/2495\/the-x-factor-2010-wagner-claims-benefits-while-taking-part-in-the-x-factor\/\"> [...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-x-factor"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2495"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2497,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495\/revisions\/2497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}