He has just tweeted

Dyslexia as a sob story? You don't see joey Essex crying about it and he's a millionaire.

Thoughts?

Who is Benny James?

I think I'd rather dyslexia was used as a sob story than to make a million by pretending to be stupid.

It did seem to stray into Peter Kay 'R Wayne' territory

he wont make the live shows

I find it hard to believe the bloke didn't even know if he'd passed his driving test until he showed the piece of paper to someone in the street. What, so the examiner just handed it to him without saying a word and sent him on his way? The whole thing has been exaggerated in a desperate attempt at a sob story. Pity, as I quite liked his voice and he didn't need the extra stuff.

Yeah it was all a bit overkill. Ok he's got dyslexia but does that make someone illiterate? I don't know, I've got no experience of dyslexia but it did seem exaggerated.

It's estimated that as much as 10% of the UK population may be dyslexic - anyone with poor reading skills most likely has some form of dyslexia. X Factor are really pulling a fast one here.

I mean I'm sure he'd rather not have dyslexia to its irrelevant to his singing and I don't see how it matters, much less how it needs to be spun into a sob story...