James Arthur The 25-year-old gave control of his Twitter account to his management after becoming involved in a homophobia row with Matt Lucas and Frankie Boyle. He also apologised last week for making a homophobic slur in a song. An online campaign trying to stop him performing on the show this Sunday has more than 7,000 likes. Continue reading the main story We do not feel James Arthur deserves a place on TV following his homophobia in his music and on social media Facebook page The page organisers said: "We do not feel James Arthur deserves a place on TV following his homophobia in his music and on social media." The campaign is also calling on the show's sponsors, Dominos Pizza and TalkTalk, to withdraw their sponsorship from this weekend's show, which is also World Aids Day. Arthur won The X Factor last year, selling 1.2m copies of his debut single Impossible bbc