Hide-And-Go-Seek: Where Was Christopher Maloney At The X Factor Final Last Night? We Found Him…

He might have been the nan’s favourite up until yesterday, but will they still love his smiling, all-too-good face after they read about his behaviour on Saturday night?

Anyone notice Christopher Maloney wasn’t at The X Factor final show? No sign of him singing with the other contestants on stage, no Maloney sitting on the couch chatting to Caroline and Olly afterwards… we had to get to the bottom of it.

And so we did.

Turns out X Factor bronze medallist Christopher Maloney was ousted from the talent show’s final extravaganza because he was severely hungover for the final rehearsals.

When the Liverpudlian singer turned up to rehearse the Christmas medley with the rest of the show’s stars, he was “reeking of booze”.

The Sun's source said that he refused to talk to staff and the other contestants, before going ballistic when he found out he only had one line in the medley.

“He was abusive to the production team and other contestants.

“He said he was leaving and didn't want to perform in the final tonight.”

He then left the venue for his nearby hotel room for half an hour before returning. But the giddy stage of an extreme hangover had just set in and he started to uncontrollably laugh as the other contestants performed.

Maloney left the competition in third place on Saturday night and went out with a few pals for “one or two”.

Returning to his hotel at 4am, he upset the workers there.

A source said: "He was abusive to staff in the morning when they went to fetch him for the ensemble."

"He got up and went to rehearse but stormed off about only having one line to sing. He went back to his hotel and didn't come back for 11am for the second rehearsal."

The source continued: "Eventually he came back after noon and was clearly drunk. He then said he didn't want to stay and wanted to go back to Liverpool."

"So he went back to the hotel to pack bags to leave."

Oh no. Bit of a sore loser are we Chris?