Great voice shame about the look: X Factor bosses tell Jade Richards the Goth look has to go

She may sing like Adele but she doesn't look enough like her to please The X Factor bosses.

Hopeful contestant Jade Richardson has been told by show bosses to abandon her Goth image if she wants to be a successful star.

The 21-year-old singer made a huge impact on last nights show after singing Adele's Someone Like You and became an overnight star.

Despite moving judges Gary Barlow and Louis Walsh to tears the Scot has allegedly been told that she will have to go through a major makeover if she intends to win the show.

A close friend of hers told the Daily Star Sunday: 'Jade has always loved wearing really dark make-up and wearing dark clothes but now she's been ordered to drop that image if she wants to win the X Factor.'

According to the friend, the show's producers pulled Jade aside during boot camp and told her that it is important she has a look that appeals to their younger viewers.

'They've said to her that she won't win votes if she continues with the Gothic look,' the friend added.

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Cowell argues with Cole over X-Factor girl band

Simon Cowell has clashes with Cheryl Cole in X Factor after accusing a girl group of trying too hard!

Friends Tia Lau, Layla Manoochehri, Phoebe Lau and Marisa Biliterri from Bristol hope to become the first group to win the ITV1 talent series, but their outfits left Cowell unimpressed: "It's all a little bit over-dressed, too thought out," Cowell explains. "I would have rather four girls like you come in, in jeans."

Cole, who found fame on Popstars: The Rivals, said: "In fairness, when you come to an audition, you come dressed how you feel best. You don't think 'I'm gonna throw on a pair of jeans and a jumper' because if they had, you would've said, 'I didn't think you tried with the clothes!'"

When Cheryl claims that the group have succeeded in standing out from their rivals, Cowell continues the bickering, telling the girls: "Yeah, but that's not a compliment."

Refusing to be undermined, Cole continues: "Take it as one."