DIANA Vickers has revealed how filming on her new TV show kept being interrupted by members of the public asking for freebies.

The 23-year-old singer and actress — who rose to fame after making it to the semi-finals of The X Factor in 2008 — stars in new sitcom Give Out Girls on Comedy Central — a show based on a team of promo girls whose job it is to give out free samples to the public at stations, airports and shopping centres.

Diana, a former Westholme School pupil, from Huncoat, revealed filming the show on location in the North West did not prove straightforward.

She laughed: “The characters we met in Bolton were absolutely hilarious. They literally had no fear.

“It was obviously a big set and everyone just thought we were actually promo girls and kept coming up and going ‘Eh, can I try some of that?’ and just wandering into the set.

“And I’m like ‘No! It’s not real, get out!’ Which was really funny.”

But the star — who is now based in London — admitted she loved working close to home.

She said: “I am really proud. I feel like it’s kind of home, being able to see my mum a lot which is nice.”