Caroline Flack is finally starting to learn that interbreeding with X Factor contestants is not the way forward. The Xtra Factor presenter has famously been linked to One Direction singer and X Factor alumni Harry Styles in the past, something that she has been ridiculed for repeatedly on the show.

It has now emerged that contestant James Arthur has reportedly got a soft spot for her. People backstage at the show have reported that he has had a crush on Flack since meeting her after his first audition and has made no secret about it.

24 year old Arthur has since asked Flack out on a date but she has apparently learnt her lesson and turned him down on several occasions, preferring to just remain friends.

One of the hot favourites to win the final of the show in December, Arthur is bound to have no shortage of female attention very soon so is sure to get over the rejection.

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