X Factor star Cher Lloyd 'caught kissing' One Direction's Zain Malik

Boy band hunk the latest contestant to be linked to young rapper

Zain Malik and Cher Lloyd are reported to have fallen for each other

Cher Lloyd and One Direction's Zain Malik are the latest  X Factor finalists said to be enjoying a bit of a smooch.
'Cher and Zain are very much an item. They are completely into each other,' says an insider.
Both 17, the talented teenagers are believed to be trying to keep their relationship quiet because of Simon Cowell's ban on romance in the X Factor mansion. 
'Things got a bit raucous in the house last week and they ended up kissing in front of a number of the other contestants,' the source claims.
'It was the hot gossip in the house.'
Show boss Simon asked One Direction to become good mates with Cher when the contestants all moved in together.
'There were fears that Cher was a bit frail and so Simon asked the band to keep their eye on her to make sure she was happy,' a source revealed.
Cher has already been linked to the boy band's Harry Styles and Liam Payne, as well as solo contestant Aiden Grimshaw.