{"id":996,"date":"2011-11-08T15:51:09","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T14:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/?p=996"},"modified":"2011-11-09T00:12:48","modified_gmt":"2011-11-08T23:12:48","slug":"2011-frankie-cocozza-quit-or-axed-from-the-x-factor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/996\/2011-frankie-cocozza-quit-or-axed-from-the-x-factor\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 Frankie Cocozza axed from The X Factor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"frankie cocozza\" src=\"\/images\/uk\/x2011\/live\/frankiecocozza_makeover.JPG\" alt=\"frankie cocozza axed from x factor\" width=\"347\" height=\"190\" \/>It has been announced by ITV that the controversial X Factor contestant Frankie Cocozza has left the show.<\/p>\n<p>They did not reveal the exact reason for his exit, but reports suggest the 18-year-old broke one of the \u2018golden rules\u2019 of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Frankie said: \u201cI\u2019d like to apologise to Gary, my fellow contestants and everyone who has voted for me, but, as of today, I will no longer be in The X Factor. My life during the show has gone out of control and my behaviour off stage has over-stepped the rules of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI no longer deserve my place in the show, so I am therefore leaving. I would like to thank everyone who has supported me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An X Factor spokesperson added: \u201cFrankie is leaving the show today after breaking competition rules. He is going to take some time out before continuing his career as a singer. We wish him all the best for his future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frankie has divided viewers\u2019 opinions, with his off screen antics and has been subjected to criticism of his vocal talents.<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0466605792016836\";\n\/* auditions 300x250, created 9\/6\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"7469702309\";\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":"<p>It has been announced by ITV that the controversial X Factor contestant Frankie Cocozza has left the show. They did not reveal the exact reason for his exit, but reports [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","clearfix"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=996"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":999,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996\/revisions\/999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}