"X-Factor" Contestant From Edmonds Is Caught Lip-Syncing During Opening Song

Leroy Bell is busted.

The 60-year-old vocalist, who is from Edmonds and one of the surprise performers on the inaguaral season on Simon Cowell's The X-Factor, was caught lip-syncing during the opening number of last week's show.

Now, the show's producers are trying to explain it all.

In a statement released to Entertainment Weekly, the show's producers said: "All competitive songs, including survival songs, are performed live to a backing track. Due to the finalists' extensive preparation for their Wednesday night performances, the opening ensemble number on the results show is prerecorded, the same way as on other shows."

Bell is the nephew of Thom Bell, one of the originators of the Philadelphia sound of the 1960s along with Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff.

The X Factor airs Wednesday at 8 p.m. on Fox.