Asylum: Was It The Sun Wot Lost It?

Who placed this story in The Sun; 'Grant Me Asylum So I Can Win X Factor'?
"A failed asylum seeker is begging immigration officials not to throw him out of Britain - so he can win X Factor.
"Desperate Ahmed Ali al-Hamed has had his application to stay here rejected and ought to be on his way back to the Middle East."
The Sun quotes one of their ever-present anonymous "sources"; “This must be a first - an asylum seeker using a reality TV show as the basis for his case. He has exhausted all the normal channels and now appears to be clinging to this.”
Was he?
The X Factor entrant, "Zac", said in an interview with Manchester's Lesbian and Gay Foundation; "I was shocked that the paper used my real name and age. I rang them and they said a press release had come from the X Factor's marketing company".
LGBT Asylum News has "confirmed that the conversation with Sun journalist Chris Robertson took place in the presence of a worker for the Young Person's Advisory Service (YPAS) in Liverpool, of which Zac is a client.
"YPAS LGBT Youth Co-ordinator Kieran Bohan told us that Zac had been called by the X Factor 5 July to inform him about the article which was published 3 July. Zac then went to YPAS and Robertson was called. He told Zac that the article was based on a press release."
Talkback Thames deny this; "There was no press release issued to The Sun by the X Factor. We did not disclose personal information about this contestant."
According to the LGF interview; "Zac says having his identity revealed means his life would be in danger if his case is rejected and he is forced to go back to his homeland."
The LGF article also states; "After the story was published in The Sun Zac was told by X Factor producers that he's not coming back for the next round of auditions in Manchester."
But did he fail the audition - or break the contest's rules by talking to the press?