By judge on December 13, 2008
Alexandra Burke, 20 years old – The girls mentored by Cheryl Cole.
Birthday: 25 August 1988
Alexandra is from Islington, North London.
This is her second time on the X-Factor, she made it through bootcamp in 2005 but did not make it to the live stages after Louis Walshe said she was too inexperienced.
Alexandra has four brothers and Read More...
Posted in 2008 | Tagged 1st Place, 2008, alexandra burke, the girls, video, Winner
By judge on December 13, 2008
JLS – Eliminated Week Ten 2008
JLS – Groups mentored by Louis Walsh.
JLS – Jack the Lads Swing are made up of Aston Merrygold age 20, Jonathon Gill age 21, Oriste Williams age 21 and Marvin Humes age 23.
Marvin Humes Birthday: 18 March 1985
Aston Merrygold Birthday: 13 February 1988
Jonathan Benton Gill (JB) Birthday: 7 December, Read More...
Posted in 2008 | Tagged 2008, 2nd Place, groups, jls, Runner Up
By judge on December 13, 2008
Eoghan Quigg. Eliminated Week Ten, 2008, 3rd Place
Eoghan Quigg, age 16 – The boys mentored by Simon Cowell.
Birthday: 12 July, 1992
Eoghan Quigg is from Derry, Northern Ireland and is currently studying for his GCSE’s.
During the auditions Simon Cowell told Eoghan ‘I think you are terrific. You’ve just got it. Whatever it is, you’ve got it. Read More...
Posted in 2008 | Tagged 2008, 3rd Place, eoghan quigg, the boys, video
By judge on December 6, 2008
Diana Vickers – Eliminated Week Nine 2008, 4th Place
Diana Vickers, Age 17 – The girls mentored by Cheryl Cole.
Birthday: July 30, 1991
Diana Vickers was born on the 30th of July 1991and lives in Accrington, Lancashire.
Diana has been singing since the age of 11 and is currently studying Psychology, Theatre Studies and the Classics.
Songs Performed:
With Read More...
Posted in 2008 | Tagged 2008, 4th Place, diana vickers, the girls
By judge on November 29, 2008
Ruth Lorenzo – Eliminated Week Eight, 2008, 5th Place.
Ruth Lorenzo, age 25 – Over 25’s mentored by Dannii Minogue.
Birthday: 10 November 1982
Ruth Lorenzo works as a Spanish PR exec and lives in Surrey.
Ruth has been living in the UK for the last year and works for a holiday company as a PR executive as well Read More...
Posted in 2008 | Tagged 2008, 5th Place, over 25s, ruth lorenzo
By judge on November 22, 2008
Rachel Hylton – Eliminated Week Seven X-Factor 2008, 6th Place.
Rachel Hylton, age 26 – Over 25’s mentored by Dannii Minogue.
Rachel Hylton sang You Know I’m No Good by Amy Winehouse at her London audition and wowed the judges over, see audition below.
Rachel admitted to having a troubled past. 26 year old Rachel is a mother Read More...
Posted in 2008 | Tagged 2008, 6th Place, over 25s, Rachel Hylton
By judge on November 15, 2008
Daniel Evans – Eliminated Week Six – X-Factor 2008, 7th Place
Daniel Evans, age 38 – Over 25’s mentored by Danni Minogue.
Daniel Evans is a father of 3 and comes from Essex. He lives in both Essex and Spain.
Daniel says he has wanted to enter the X-Factor every year since it started but never got around Read More...
Posted in 2008 | Tagged 2008, 7th Place, daniel evans, over 25s
By judge on November 8, 2008
Laura White – Eliminated Week Five – X-Factor 2008, 8th Place
Laura White, age 21 – The girls mentored by Cheryl Cole.
Laura is from Manchester and began singing at age 15 in local jazz bars.
Laura has previously sung on front of 15,000 people after winning a radio competition aged 17.
Laura is currently studying Creative Writing and Read More...
Posted in 2008 | Tagged 2008, 8th Place, laura white, the girls
By judge on November 1, 2008
Austin Drage – Eliminated Week Four X-Factor 2008, 9th Place
Austin Drage, age 21 – The boys mentored by Simon Cowell
This is Austin Drages second year trying out for the X-Factor.
Austin was rejected last year at the bootcamp stage.
Austin is from Essex and has previously appeared on Snatch as well as Casualty and the Bill.
He has Read More...
Posted in 2008 | Tagged 2008, 9th Place, austin drage, the boys
By judge on October 25, 2008
Scott Bruton Eliminated Week Three X-Factor 2008, 10th Place
Scott Bruton, age 19 – The boys mentored by Simon Cowell
Scott Bruton , 19 years old from Manchester was working as a Pontin’s Bluecoatup until making it as far as bootcamp. He has previously sung on a charity single, Wish Upon A Star and has been performing Read More...
Posted in 2008 | Tagged 10th Place, 2008, scott bruton, the boys
By judge on October 18, 2008
Girlband Eliminated Week Two X-Factor 2008, 11th Place
Girlband – Groups mentored by Louis Walsh.
Girlband from Bristol are made up of sisters Tita Lau age 19 and Phoebe Lau age 17, Layla Manoochehri age 22 and Marissa Billitteri age 19.
Songs Performed:
Venus by Bananarama, That’s What Friends Are For – Written by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Read More...
Posted in 2008 | Tagged 11th Place, 2008, girlband, groups
By judge on October 11, 2008
Bad Lashes – Eliminated Week One X-Factor 2008, 12th Place.
Bad Lashes – Groups mentored by Louis Walsh – Eliminated Week One
Bad Lashes, a girl band from Durham and described by Louis Walsh as ‘four hairdressers trying to be a girl band’ during their X-Factor audition are made up of Sam Bennett age 21, Stacey Lincoln Read More...
Posted in 2008 | Tagged 12th Place, 2008, bad lashes, groups
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