That's frightful! X Factor's Rylan celebrates his birthday with a Halloween themed costume party ... but fails to impress himself

PUBLISHED: 19:55 EST, 24 October 2012 | UPDATED: 03:23 EST, 26 October 2012

He's this year's most controversial finalist on the X Factor, so leave it to Rylan Clark to pull out all the stops for his birthday.

The singer turned 24 on Wednesday and celebrated the occasion with an extravagant costume party.

His X Factor colleagues joined him on night out in London nightclub Mahiki, and everybody dressed up accordingly for the Halloween themed bash.

Freak show: Rylan Clark celebrates his 24th birthday with a Halloween themed bash

Freak show: Rylan Clark celebrates his 24th birthday with a Halloween themed bash

Fright fest! The birthday boy donned an American football player outfit, as Lucy Spraggan dressed up as a pumpkin
Fright fest! The birthday boy donned an American football player outfit, as Lucy Spraggan dressed up as a pumpkin

Fright fest! The birthday boy donned an American football player outfit, as Lucy Spraggan dressed up as a pumpkin for the festivities

Rylan himself of course took the opportunity to show off his former modelling skills, as he strutted to the London hotspot dressed as American football player.

Showing off his fake tanned stomach, the birthday boy spruced up the outfit with some blood make-up.

He was joined by Lucy Spraggan, who dressed up as a pumpkin, District 3, who seemed to be donning matching Satan outfits, and Union J, who all came wearing bloody nurse's uniforms.

Boyband from hell: District 3 seemed thrilled with their matching Satan costumes

Boyband from hell: District 3 seemed thrilled with their matching Satan costumes

Getting into character: The lads seemed to embrace their new roles as Satan

Getting into character: The lads seemed to embrace their new roles as Satan

James Arthur and Kaye Sones also helped the lad celebrate his birthday, dressed in black costumes that seemed to resemble a bin bag more than a scary character.

The X Factor hopefuls were spotted drinking and dancing at the nightclub, also favoured by Prince Harry, until the early hours of the morning.

Rylan was clearly very excited for his big night out, as he took to Twitter to inform his new fans of his pending birthday.

'So it’s my big birthday party tonight and turning 24 tomorrow!!! How unreal to have my birthday with all my friends old and new xxx', he wrote.

Clarifying later: 'It’s my actual birthday tomorrow xx #25/10/1988 xxx'

Doctors without borders: Union J dressed up as zombie nurses to help celebrate Rylan turning 24

Doctors without borders: Union J dressed up as zombie nurses to help celebrate Rylan turning 24

And the fun doesn't stop there. The X Factor live show on Saturday will also be Halloween themed, and Rylan revealed he has a frightening performance up his sleeve.

'I’ve got a big performance on Saturday. I’m really worried,' he told ITN.

'This week is completely unreal. It’s my most nerve wracking performance I’ve done so far, it’s very dangerous.'

Erm, what are you meant to be? Kye Sones and James Arthur decided to put on some black bin bags

Erm, what are you meant to be? Kye Sones and James Arthur decided to put on some black bin bags

Boys will be boys: The lads in particular seemed excited to be donning costumes to the London nightclub

Boys will be boys: The lads in particular seemed excited to be donning costumes to the London nightclub


 
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What a coincidence...he's got the exact same number on the front of his shirt as i want to puke every time i see him

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Absolute trash!

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Come on trhey are having fun.........Remember that???

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he looks like Jimmy Savile

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They are somebody's when dressed up and nobody's every other day of the year.

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Wondered when they were going to be back in the papers! Team X factor .

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plus [what] does union j mean? Sounds like another dumb name like little mix.- Spencer , Surrey, 25/10/2012 09:23~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Union J" = a union of Josh Cuthbert, Jaymi Hensley and JJ Hamblett, all of their names begin with 'J', hence the "J" at the end of their name. If George Shelley's name was spelt the Spanish way viz. Jorge, they could have called themselves "The Four J's". PS Before George joined the group they called themselves 'Triple J'.

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I cannot emphasise how irritating all of the X-factor contenders are this year (bar James and Ella). All reaping the rewards now and I'd put money on many stories coming out about their "hard times" during the show after they are kicked off. I used to go to Mahiki but now wont go anywhere near it.

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If that's an "extravagant costume party", I'd hate to see a cheap one. My mother made me better costumes when I was five years old.

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Why does that idiot from Union J have to keep pulling those ridculous faces?

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