Ella should have been in 'X Factor' final, admits singer who beat her

James Arthur "hates" the fact he went through on 'The X Factor' "at the expense" of Ella Henderson.

The budding singer went through to next week's show after winning the public vote against the 16-year-old wannabe on Sunday - sending her crashing out of the competition - and he is still reeling from the news.

Speaking at a fundraiser for the Amy Winehouse Foundation last night, he said: "It hasn't really sunk in, at some point I expected to be in the bottom two, but never did I think I'd be against someone like Ella.

"She should've been in the final - I hate the fact that it's me that went through at the expense of Ella. But I'm obviously encouraged by the fact that I got the public vote.

"I think it should have been her out of the bottom two - it should have been me and someone else."

Despite Ella's surprise eviction from the show - which sees James, Rylan Clark, Jahmene Douglas, Christopher Maloney and Union J still in the competition - the singer isn't worried about her, as she has such a bright future and promising career ahead of her.

He added: "She's really strong, she was obviously disappointed but she knows she's going to have a great future because she's got a million people around her, her family are really supportive and she's brilliantly talented so I have no worries about her."

A host of famous faces showed their support for the Amy Winehouse Foundation's first fundraiser, held at the Dorchester hotel in London last night.