Here are some of the others.
THE X FACTOR contestants â youâve seen them before. Simon Cowell says there are â
no second chancesâ on his show. Yeah, right. The X Factor show is a second, third, fourth or fifth chance for any number of jobbing singers to achieve fame.
Katie Waisell â aka Katie Vogel, star of a reality TV show Green Eyed World. You might have seen her on tour with Andy Abraham, the X Factor runner up; opening for East 17; and hanging out with Sharon Osbourne. Read How The X Factor And Sony BMG Fixed It For Katie Waissel, aka Katie Vogel.
John Adeleye - He was once on the books of UniversalâIsland records. As JâNay he won the Mobo Unsung prize for unsigned artists in 2003.
Sophia Wardman â now singing with (David) Belle Amie: She was a contestant on Channel 4 show Shipwrecked: Battle Of The Islands 2007.
You might have spotted her at the Music Industry Soccer Six held at West Ham United Football Club in 2007. Or did you see her posing topless in a ladsâ mag (see photo below)?
Genveva Lane (also in Belle Amie):
She was on a Spanish talent show:
In November 2008, Geneva won a talent show based on the hit British TV show âThe X Factorâ called âThe WOW Factorâ. She recorded a pre-written and produced single for the winner called âI Believeâ. The single was sold over the internet and played throughout the month of December on national radio.
Alex Murdoch (a singer in Simon Cowellâs made-for-telly band FYD): He was on Living TVâs Dirty Dancing â the same show that featured Britainâs Got Talentâs Tobias Meade. That show was judged by Kelly Brook, who was also a judge onâĶ Anybody? Yep, Kelly was judge on Britainâs Got Talent, where she sat next toâĶ Simon Cowell.
Alex was also an extra in a Harry Potter film and a film with Robert DeNiro.
Matt Newton: Backing singer for Alexandra Burke and Joe McElderry, both X Factor winners.
Kalvin Lamley: A contestant on the BBCâs dance show Dance X.
Mary Bryne: She won TG4 Irish TV singing contest Nollaig No 1 â which means Christmas number one.
Storm Lee: Has worked with stars including Ozzy Osbourne, Meat Loaf and American Idol success stories Clay Aiken and Carrie Underwood. Yep, thatâs the show Simon Cowell used to judge on.