Tulisa axes band for having the seX Factor! Six contestants dropped after being caught in the act

By Jessica Satherley

Last updated at 2:46 PM on 17th September 2011

Tough judge: Tulisa Contostavlos has axed a group for breaking her sex ban

Tulisa Contostavlos has proved she’s one tough judge, after axing a group for breaking a sex ban during the judge’s house stage.

The 23-year-old X Factor judge took eight groups to the Greek Island of Mykonos, but enforced a strict policy of no drinking or romping.

But after just two days, Tulisa was informed that six of the singers had been caught locked in passion.

Producers found out that two of the girls from one band had slept with two of the boys from another band, while two others from a mixed group also took part in a sex act, according to The Sun.

Their mentor was apparently furious over the discovery and said: ‘If they’re just mucking about, just for fun to have a s*** when they should be rehearsing then I’m not into that at all.’

Tulisa continued: ‘My villa was purposely higher up so I could see their villa at night-time.

'I could see who was awake and who wasn’t and I was also listening to see who was rehearsing and who was not’, the tabloid reported.

The judge had made her rules clear from the beginning, as soon as the bans landed on the Greek Island, but didn't seem to be taken seriously.

The scandal has become a first for the ITV show, as no other series has seen contestants sleeping together during the judge’s house stage.

The singers are said to have sneaked out of their villa during the night and when Tulisa found out she was fuming.

She told the Daily Star: ‘If people aren’t putting in the time and they think it’s a joke, and that they can go out partying 24/7, then they don’t want it as much as some other people.’

The N-Dubz star is desperate for one of her groups to win this season, hence her strict rules during rehearsals.

Emotional: Tulisa is pictured on tonight's X Factor, in which she becomes teary-eyed over one of the acts

You're going home: Tulisa, pictured on tonight's episode, axed six people during the judge's house stage for romping

Contostavlos is being given advice by singer Jessie J, 23, during the auditions in Greece.

And yesterday she decided on the groups who would be making it though to the next stage of the competition.

And Tulisa has said that fellow judge Kelly Rowland is also being strict on her contestants, meaning singers will have to up their game this season.

Despite Tulisa having a party girl reputation during her early days with N-Dubz, she says that she would never go out before a gig and thinks the X Factor contestants should follow the same discipline.

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