X FACTOR reject Emma Chawner and her family were planning to live in their car after being thrown out of their home by bailiffs.

The former reality TV hopeful, 19, along with her parents and sister, have been kicked out of their house in Ramsbottom following more than 130 complaints from neighbours about ‘nuisance behaviour’ including singing.

Yesterday, officers from Bury Council and a housing association arrived to change the locks on the three-bedroomed semi-detached property, in Lancaster Avenue, while police were also on hand.

Mum Audrey, 57, said the family, plus their pets including a cat and budgies, have nowhere else to go, leaving them no choice but to bed down in their Toyota car.

And Emma, who was lambasted by Simon Cowell when she appeared on the X Factor series for the past two years, added: “I just feel so sad. My neighbour was crying because she’s upset we are leaving.

“The council has been asking us about scratches on the door but that was not us.

“Now they are kicking us out on the streets.”

She also insisted council chiefs should have used CCTV or other equipment to check the catalogue of complaints made against the family by neighbours, including one who has recently died.

Audrey denied claims that the family had held all-night karaoke sessions in the house.

She added: “I just feel right let down and very upset by it and how we have been treated.

“This takes a hell of a lot out of someone’s life.

“People have said they cannot believe this has happened and they have asked how can they do it to us.

“I am so worried about the future. I am sick of it and how they treat us. It is just not right.”

Dad Philip, 53, vowed to fight on to overturn the judge’s decision and find another home for the family.

Six Town Housing, which manages council housing on behalf of Bury Council, moved to evict the Chawners after receiving 134 complaints from neighbours about ‘loud music’ and ‘singing late at night’.

Other alleged behaviour included foul, abusive and threatening language often directed towards their neighbours; violent arguments between the family; banging on walls; a constantly barking dog; and playing their television at an excessively high volume.

In August 2007 the family admitted 17 offences of rowdiness and were issued with a postponed possession order.

An eviction notice was granted at Bury County Court last month after a judge heard details of the latest complaints and the Chawners were given 28 days to leave their home.

When the deadline passed without the Chawners moving, the council applied for a warrant to remove them from the property.

A Bury Council spokesman said: “The warrant was executed by the bailiff and the locks on the property have now been changed.

“This was following the Chawner family leaving the address of their own accord but not handing their keys for the property into Six Town Housing.”

However, yesterday, one neighbour, Ruth Simpson, defended the family.

She said: “They were alright. The dispute was between them and their next-door neighbour - it did not concern anybody else.

“You don’t want what’s happened to them to happen to anybody. It’s just sad.”