15 October 2005
By Julie McCaffrey
WOULD the real Chico Silmani please stand up...
What you see is most certainly not what you get with the X Factor's cheesiest contestant.
For behind the extrovert persona that has earned him a reputation as X Factor's most arrogant competitor lies a man who places family above all else.
Friends who have known Chico - real name Yousseph - since he came to the UK from Morocco as a gawky 14-year-old, are furious at the way he has been portrayed on the ITV1 show.
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