The X Factor 2011 hopefuls – which includes boy group The Keys and biscuit  factory worker Craig Colton – have reportedly caused chaos at this year’s boot camp hotel. According to Now magazine, the wannabes annoyed fellow hotel guests with their all night parties and binge drinking. Seems it is not just limited to the city centers on a weekend.

The successful auditionees were put up for a week at Selsdon Park Hotel in  Croydon earlier this month, where – helped with a bit (bit is slang for way too much) of booze – chaos ensued.

“The first night’s party lasted until 2am,” a source explained. “The  contestants were given beer and ended up running through the hallways while banging on random room doors. A couple celebrating their anniversary were in tears.”

Other complaints included too much singing from the contestants!

The source continued: “Tuesday onwards, the complaints were only about the  excessive singing, which lasted until 5am all over the hotel, including the loos.

“On Thursday, the booze flowed again as hopefuls partied into the early hours to celebrate the last auditions.”

The boot camp stage of The X Factor will air next month.

As previously mentioned I was concerned that some of the contestants are underage yet may have been drinking. I am also concerned about the X Factors duty of care being ignored in the name of ratings. Again it gives the wrong impression of you can do whatever you want and someone will clean up the mess. We don’t need spin doctors we need TV to be responsible. It is attitudes like it doesn’t matter and it is someone else’s responsibility that contributed to the recent riots on our streets. TV should be held to a higher moral compass as it influences others.

I am not against fun, I am not trying to be a kill joy, but kids are growing up thinking that they bear no responsibility for anything and acts like these just fuel that idea. What happens if a guest had gotten irate and assaulted a contestant? You can imagine the noise made by 190 contestants, even though at the first party 35 were sent home early, that still leaves a lot to create havoc.