Lascel Wood is one of the red hot favorites in this years X Factor competition wowing all four judges with his rendition of Use Somebody by The Kings Of Leon and singing for the very first time in front of his mum.

But a sex shame has been brought down upon the fame-hungry youngster who grew up in and out of 25 foster homes because it appears that his X Factor audition wasn’t the first time that he’s starred in front of the cameras in a bid to make a fortune.

Lascel Wood, 20, has been outed for uploading a truly vile six-minute video of himself on to an adult porn website charging punters £5 a time to watch the naked wannabe perform a sex act upon himself.

The X Factor bosses of the ITV1 family show were left horrified last might after learning about Lascel’s seedy porn film and left in no doubt that his undignified past will now shatter the goody-two-shoe image he’s been trying to project to everyone on the show.

“I’m pretty sure Tulisa and the other judges wouldn’t expect Lascel to be involved in anything like this.

“You can clearly see everything. Lascel was only 18 or 19 when he did it last year, but he was desperate to make money.

“It was at a time when he was finding it hard to get a job.

“This has come as a massive shock to everyone on the show. Lascel came across as such an innocent, polite young man who had overcome a very challenging start in life.

“To know he would do this on the internet is mind-blowing.

“He was either seriously strapped for cash or involved in a dark world. The X Factor is family viewing. Many people that have dealt with him are livid”, said a source.

Lascel Wood can be seen with all his clothes on by viewers tonight and tomorrow on the ITV1 singing competition discovering whether he’s made it to boot camp.

The 20-year-old student from Brighton is obviously horrified that his depraved and highly explicit porn star past has come back to bit him on the rear but denied that he made any money from the six-minute degrading film.