Lemuel Knights The Voice

An X Factor favourite of Gary Barlow auditioned for The Voice - leaving the coaches fighting over him.

Lemuel Knights blew the Take That singer away when trying out for Cowell’s show in 2011.

Then 16, he performed Jessie J’s Do It Like A Dude and Gary gushed: “I thought Lemuel was unbelievable. At last there is life in Wembley!”

Now the drama student hopes to hit the big time after facing the coaches on the rival BBC1 show.

Lemuel made such an impression that Jessie and Danny O’Donoghue nearly came to blows.

Will.I.Am was forced to break up the spat after the two coaches locked horns over who should have him on their team.

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Deal Or No Deal Banker Leaves Hotel With X Factors Marina Berry

TV’s Deal Or No Deal banker sparked a riddle last night - after leaving a hotel with a former X Factor beauty.

Married dad Glenn Hugill, 43, and Marina Berry, 28, also left their cars by a cottage - amid claims they share it during filming.

On Tuesday morning they were both seen with luggage outside a Bristol hotel. They put it in their separate motors and drove to the show’s nearby studios, where she is a production assistant.

They had arrived at the hotel the night before.

On Tuesday and Wednesday night The Sun saw their vehicles outside a cosy cottage in Flax Bourton, Somerset. A source on the Channel 4 quiz claimed the millionaire dad of two and Marina - on X Factor in 2009 with girl group Miss Fitz - were often there.

Saucy tweets have deepened the mystery.

OfficialBanker, verified by Twitter as the show’s authentic account, wrote last year: “Happy Valentine’s Day honey x.” User Marina_Berry, an account with Marina’s photos and a link to an online profile of her, replied: “Happy Valentines to you too, sexy beast.”

And in April she tweeted: “I love you, you beast. You’re like a wolf but sexier and with a deeper growl X.”

Glenn - who lives with wife Emma, 36, in Kingston, Surrey - found fame in the 1990s as Corrie cop Alan McKenna, boyfriend of hairdresser Fiona, played by Angela Griffin.

The £315 Bristol hotel suite was booked in his name - and staff confirmed a man had checked in.

Yet engaged Marina insisted she made the booking, stayed alone and Glenn arrived only the next day. She added: “I absolutely deny we’re anything but good friends.”

Glenn scotched suggestions of a romance as “absurd”. He said he paid the hotel bill “as a favour to a friend and carried some things for her, then we drove to the studio”.

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I’ll Get Naked In A Bath Of Beans If We Get To No1

UNION J have got their eyes firmly on the prize.

GEORGE SHELLEY, JOSH CUTHBERT, JAYMI HENSLEY and JJ HAMBLETT - who release their debut single Carry You on June 2 - are keeping their fingers crossed for a No1.

And George vowed to LIA NICHOLLS that he’ll get naked in a bath of beans if it does.

Your first single is out soon, have you told your family and friends to buy multiple copies?

George: Not sure about multiple but they will all be buying it.

What will you do to celebrate if you get to No1?

George: We’ll have a massive party - and I’ve said I’ll sit in a bath of beans.

Will you really do that?

George: Yes definitely, be pictured and everything, you have my word.

You’ve recently moved in with each other in new pads in London - how’s it all going?

George: Yeah, amazing. Me and Josh are living together and so are JJ and Jaymi, who have turned into husband and wife.

They’re like my nan and grandad. When we get in the car in the morning, they’re like, “Have you got this, have you got that?”

Who is most likely to throw a hissy fit?

George: It depends on the situation. If it’s over food, definitely Jaymi. He rages over food.

Did you have much say about what was going to be your first single?

George: Yes. We had the choice of a few songs but it was the one we thought was the most catchy. It was the one we were all walking round singing.

Have you been doing your own food shopping or does it get done for you?

George: No, we do it. We go to the supermarket, we like a trip to the supermarket.

Who’s your ideal man or woman?

JJ: EVA LONGORIA would be nice.

What are you most looking forward to doing this year?

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JJ: We can’t wait to play the festivals.

Who are you most looking forward to meeting or hanging out with?

JJ: It will be good to catch up with JESSIE J, THE WANTED and LAWSON.

Did you know NATHAN SYKES (The Wanted) had an operation to save his voice last week?

JJ: Yes we heard and we wish him a speedy recovery. No singer wants to go through what he’s going through. It must be tough.

When was the last time you cried?

Jaymi: On Saturday, to Britain’s Got Talent. The shadow dancers ATTRACTION. I had a little tear.

You mean, you didn’t cry watching Margaret Thatcher’s funeral then?

Jaymi: No, I didn’t watch it. People were being really awful about her on Twitter and I didn’t want to get involved.

I just think she’s someone’s mum.

Did you have an opinion on her?

Jaymi: None either way. I don’t know anything about politics.

What’s the strangest thing you’ve been sent by a fan?

Jaymi: Not the strangest, but the coolest was from a girl in South Africa. She sent me a load of South African chocolate and sweets. I’d say her name but it was really funky so I wouldn’t want to get it wrong.

What’s your signature dish?

Jaymi: Domino’s pizza. If pushed, sausage and mash — Tesco’s Finest.

But forget cooking, JJ hasn’t found the iron, the hoover or the washing machine yet. He doesn’t know how to use any of them.

And when he goes to the toilet and the loo roll runs out, rather than replacing it, he’ll just go to a different toilet. Very lazy JJ.

Describe your ideal night.

Jaymi: I love staying in so it’s getting some good food and watching a film chilling with my boyfriend or having friends round. We’ve got a nice flat to have friends round.

Who’s on your playlist at the moment?

Josh: CHARLIE BROWN, CHRIS BROWN, RUDIMENTAL.

Who’s the most famous person in your phone book?

Josh: Probably JOE HART. We text a fair bit as we had a good night out at a casino in Manchester. It was a laugh, he’s a really nice guy.

If you hadn’t made it on The X Factor, would you have auditioned for The Voice?

Josh: I don’t know, maybe... ermmmm... it’s only been around for a little while so probably not.

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given recently?

Josh: To remain positive and optimistic as that’s the response you’re likely to get back.

Can you tell me a joke, please?

Josh: Where would you find a dog with no legs? Where you left it.

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Shazza Shafts Scherza

Sharon Osbourne has already drawn up the battle lines on the new X Factor judging panel - using her gigantic gob to overshadow Nicole Scherzinger.

As the new series - set to air on ITV in August - shapes up to be the most brutal yet, mouthy Shazza dominated the first day of auditions as wannabes were slammed and shamed during a marathon TEN-HOUR audition.

The judge, who is back on the show after quitting in 2007, eclipsed the returning ex-Pussycat Doll - despite Nicole coaching last series’ winner James Arthur.

Less than half of the 50 hopefuls were invited back to the next round as dreams were dashed during trials at Glasgow’s Hilton hotel on Tuesday.

TV Biz can reveal one of those hoping for a break was Scottish contestant Jade Richards, who returned for a THIRD attempt at success.

Jade made it to the judges’ houses in 2011, jetting to Miami with Kelly Rowland, before getting the boot and trying again last year.

This time, she faced an extra-tough panel, with judges under orders from Simon Cowell to improve the quality of singers after last year’s series lost three million viewers. And the panel aren’t hiding their feelings. At one point Sharon cackled so hard at a rubbish singer she FELL OFF her chair.

The cosmetic surgery fan also had the rest of the panel - Louis Walsh and Gary Barlow - in stitches after a tree surgeon came on to audition and she remarked: “Ooh, I love a good surgeon!”

A source said: “Sharon certainly made the most of her comeback. She sat in the middle of the panel and had something flamboyant to say about every act.”

The antics left Nicole fighting to get a word in, while Gary and Louis “chuckled”. The source added: “Nicole enjoyed being the wacky one who would say silly things and get loads of attention last year. But in Glasgow she struggled to get into the limelight as Sharon was always hogging it.

“Nicole likes Sharon but has got to raise her game or she’ll end up on the cutting room floor.”

The four head to Birmingham on Monday for the second round of auditions, held only in front of the judges.

Those successful will be invited back to a second audition with an audience.

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Simon Cowell No Pants

Music mogul Simon Cowell often goes commando, pal Amanda Holden has revealed.

The Britain’s Got Talent judge said: “During the auditions we discovered that Simon doesn’t wear pants.

“I can’t reveal how we discovered this.”

Amanda, 42, added: “Maybe because he has such a busy life he doesn’t have time to put them on or take them off. Perhaps he should get someone to do that for him.”

She said that she feels safe dishing the dirt on paymaster Simon, 53, because “I think I understand Simon. I know an awful lot about him. I know where the bodies are buried”.

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Dannii Minogue On Her Fling With Simon Cowell

Dannii Minogue admits she was left bruised by the revelation of her affair with Simon Cowell but says the music mogul isn’t bad - just “as batty as anything”.

The pair got together when they were both judges on The X Factor but fell out after their relationship was revealed in Tom Bower’s tell-all book on the telly executive.

Aussie star Dannii says she was left hurt by the kiss-and-tell biography, said to have been written with Cowell’s co-operation - but hinted it may not have revealed the full truth.

She said: “What the hell is there to say? Fact - or fiction? That’s all I’m saying. I don’t understand any of it. It’s his thing, his issue.

“He’s been amazing and he’s taught me so much. I have so much to be thankful to him for. But sometimes your friends can hurt you.

Judges Simon Cowell and Dannii Minogue had a fling while working on X Factor.

“I don’t think he’s bad. I just think he’s batty as anything.”

Dannii recently filmed episodes of her new show Britain & Ireland’s Next Top Model in Barbados, just yards from Cowell’s luxury house and the super-posh Sandy Lane Hotel where he often stays.

And she admitted wondering what would happen if she bumped into him.

She said: “I’d smile and say, ‘Hi’. I think he would want to run and hide. But it’s his issue.

“I don’t have any nastiness or bad feelings. People only bring you down if you let them.”

Dannii is now working for Cowell again on the Australian version of The X Factor - with Ronan Keating as a fellow judge.

But she said she has no fear of ever seeing the music mogul Down Under as he refuses to fly that far.

In a tell-all chat with The Sun, she said: “I don’t think he knows where Australia is.

“He has that whole thing where he hates flying - and there’s the smoking thing. That’s why he has to go on a private jet, so he can smoke.

“He’s like, ‘I can’t get a private jet to Australia but I can’t do the no-smoking thing either’. ”

Dannii’s latest job as a judge on Britain & Ireland’s Next Top Model - presented by supermodel Elle Macpherson - sees her sitting alongside US male fashion model and actor Tyson Beckford.

The show, which launches next Thursday on Sky Living, is a chance for her to show her maternal side as she encourages aspiring young models to find their way.

And in real life, she is loving being a mum to two-year-old Ethan, her son by her ex, model Kris Smith.

She said: “He’s nearly three and he’s so smart. He said the word ‘obstruction’ the other day.

“He’s big. They worked out that he’ll be 6ft 1in when he’s an adult. Kris is 6ft 4in but my height brings it down. He’s going to be the first tall Minogue.”

Dannii moved back to Oz so that Ethan could be closer to Manchester-born Kris, who is now based there, and her own parents.

She said the arrangement is working well but admitted she would never have planned to be a single mother.

She said: “I’ve got friends who planned that and they love it. But I wouldn’t ever have done it. I’m still waiting for Ethan to say, ‘Dad, lets me do it’ about something.

“My neighbour is a single mum with a 14-year-old. He’s so well-adjusted and polite. He even said to me, ‘Don’t worry, you’ll be fine’. And it is fine.

“There’s a sadness but I don’t worry about being a single mum because I know I’m very, very capable. Ethan’s got grandparents in the UK and in Australia, so it’s cool.

“When Kris and I met in a club it was like Cupid’s arrow - boom. This was meant to happen, little Ethan.

“Kris even dreamt of his name, before we knew we were having a boy. It was like he was just meant to be there. And Kris is a good dad with him - that’s all you can strive for. to be good parents."

Despite being single, Dannii admitted she is so broody she picks up other people’s babies - just to SNIFF them. She said: “Oh, I love picking up babies. Just to warn people out there, I do walk up to mums and say, ‘You look like you need a break’. And I pick up their babies and cuddle them and smell them and sniff their hair.”

Dannii revealed her sister Kylie is loving being an auntie - even though Ethan sometimes gets muddled up because they look so similar.

She laughed: “The first time she picked up Ethan he could smell her and she was talking and we sound really similar. He looked up thinking, ‘Mummy?’

“Even now, sometimes he gets confused. She’s walked in from a distance and he’s said, ‘Mummy’, but then she’s got closer to him and he’s gone, ‘Oh’.

“There’s this amazing poster of Kylie playing the fairy in Moulin Rouge and Ethan looks at it and says, ‘Mummy’s flying’. That’s how close we are. To see her pick up my baby was pretty special.”

So will Kylie be walking down the aisle with boyfriend Andres Velencoso any time soon?

Dannii beams: “I hope so. I’ll hold the train.”

But for Dannii — who split with Kris in April last year — finding a new man isn’t a priority.

With her two shows to juggle, being a mum and with various dramas of her life now firmly behind her, this is Dannii’s time — and she is embracing every minute.

She said: “This is the happiest time in my life. I even did the roulettes with Ronan the other day and put all my money on number nine, and guess which number came up?

“I think 2013 is a lucky year for me, for sure.”

BRITAIN & Ireland’s Next Top Model starts on Sky Living HD on Thursday, June 20 at 8pm.

Dannii has no plans to make up any time soon with her old foe Sharon Osbourne.

The pair were at each others’ throats while both were judges on the UK X Factor back in 2007. Sharon quit after that series.

Sharon, pictured arriving at X Factor auditions yesterday, is back this year, on the judging panel with Gary Barlow, Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh.

Dannii, who fell out with Louis too until they later made up, said: “I’m sure Louis will have fun with Sharon back on the panel.

“I don’t hate her and I do wish her all the best. But if I saw her, I’d walk the other way.

“I have no desire to be in a room with that woman ever, ever again.

“Was Sharon a good signing? I’m not getting into that. That’s for the audience to decide. The ratings will tell.”

Dannii insisted the Aussie version of the show is “the best” and she joked: “World domination, here I come.”

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Nicole Choosing Between X Factor And Making Album

X Factor bosses face a battle to sign up judge Nicole Scherzinger for a new series.

The American beauty is having doubts that she can juggle both her singing and judging duties.

Nicole had seemed a dead cert for a return after wowing fans in the last series and had started serious talks with producers.

But the ex-Pussycat Doll is releasing a new album in November on both sides of the Atlantic and will need to be available for promotion.

X Factor chiefs have tabled a “generous” offer - thought to be around £1million - but Nicole has insisted that money is not the sticking point.

She told a pal: “I’m so torn right now. My heart wants me to come back and do the show as I had such a great time last year.

“But my album is coming out and I also need to focus on that.

“I don’t think I can make it work. By trying to juggle the two, one or both will suffer.” Nicole also feared fans would react badly if she did the show then had to jet off to the States midweek for promotional work.

She mentioned negative comments which surrounded former judge Kelly Rowland after her decision to return to LA in 2011, citing a throat infection, which meant she missed some live shows.

Speaking to her confidante, Nicole, who is dating F1 ace Lewis Hamilton, said: “I recall Kelly getting some harsh criticism when she went back to LA and missed a show. I don’t want that to happen to me, as I love working with my acts. That’s what made it so special.”

But friends of the star are advising her to return to the show, claiming she will regret it if she doesn’t.

Show boss Simon Cowell wants the judging line-up to be announced soon to ensure the programme regains its focus. And he said this week that he planned to revamp “every aspect of the show”.

The first round of auditions, which will see wannabes performing for judges without backing music, starts in June, with the show returning in late August or early September.

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X Factor's Christopher Maloney Signs Record Deal

X Factor crooner Christopher Maloney has finally bagged a record deal – after Simon Cowell’s firm chose not to sign him.

The Scouser, third on last year’s show, said he would release an album with tiny Tristar Records.

His debut single will be out in August.

He said: “I wanted full control over what I was doing. I wanted a label that will look after me.

“I didn’t want to go somewhere with big artists where I would be put on the sideline.

“If I signed with another company, it would have been a lot longer process and my fans are waiting for my album now.”

He said the record “will be similar to Will Young’s sound” on his early recordings and “different to what people will expect”.

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Craig Colton X Factor Finalist Weight Loss

Craig Colton well and truly has the X Factor now - as these new shots to promote his debut album show.

The singer has shed a whopping FOUR STONE to transform his chubby appearance and now looks trim and trendy.

Craig, 24, wowed the judges on the ITV talent show back in 2011 with his powerful vocals.

But cruel online jibes about his weight dented the former biscuit factory worker's confidence and he was eliminated in Week 7 of the live shows.

Skinny - Craig posts new slim shot of himself on Twitter

Mentor Gary Barlow sowed the seeds for a healthier lifestyle though - helping Craig train and offering diet advice.

Since then, Craig has been out of the spotlight working on his music and shedding the pounds.

He told Now magazine last October: “I live on omelettes with two yolks and three whites – to get my protein – with ham and cheese or tomato.

“I used to survive on crisps and sandwiches. I don’t eat a lot of fat and I’ve cut right down on sugar. Eggs are the way forward.”

Before - Craig faced cruel jibes over his weight when he was on X Factor in 2011.

The results of all that hard work are obvious - he looks great.

Gone are the Bieber fringe and baggy clothes and in their place is a chiselled, bearded pop-star-in-the-making.

And Craig admits he is truly happy with his look now.

He told the Liverpool Daily Post: "I'm at a stage now where I'm not chasing pounds away - I'm just doing it to keep fit and healthy."

Craig also admits he waited until now to release his album - which goes on pre-sale today - as he was "wasn't ready" straight after the show.

Working out - mentor Gary Barlow ran with Craig and Marcus Collins while they were on X Factor.

He said: "When I finished The X Factor I wasn't ready to do it.

"I think the best thing about taking this time out is that I'm growing into a young man. I'm an adult now with a mortgage and bills to pay.

"I've got a different writing style to the music I made after the show. My voice is different too, but in a good way."

The Liverpool-born star - who came out as gay after the show - has got an unlikely fan too.

Robbie Williams is on speed-dial and the pair swap notes regularly on songwriting.

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Craig said back in October: “I wrote a song called Beautiful Surprise on the toilet.

"It was about 4am and I rang Robbie immediately. Yes, I did get off the toilet at that point.

"He said: ‘Send it to me right now.’ I always send him my stuff and he sends it back with little paragraphs of what he thinks. He said it was genius: ‘If you don’t want some of these lines, I’ll steal them!’”

No doubt Craig will be flushed with success before long too.

His album, rumoured to be called True, is set for release later this year.

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Diana Vickers Give Out Girls

Diana Vickers has bagged her first telly acting gig - in a new comedy about a group of promotions girls.

The X Factor semi-finalist, nicknamed The Claw for her hand gestures on the ITV show in 2008, will star in Give Out Girls later this year on Sky Living.

Singer Diana - who has dated 2008 X Factor finalist Eoghan Quigg - has been making a push into acting since coming fourth on the show and bagging a No1 single in 2010 with Once.

She starred in a West End production of The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice in late 2009 and won the award for London Newcomer Of The Year at the Theatregoers’ Choice Awards. But this will be her first television role.

She will star alongside Kerry Howard, of BBC3 sitcom Him & Her, and former EastEnders actress Tracy-Ann Oberman in the six-part series about a group of four girls who have to promote various products.

Diana told TV Biz: “I’m so excited about doing my first comedy show.

“It’s different from any acting I’ve done before.

“The script is hilarious - I was laughing my head off just reading it. The rest of the cast are great, we all have really good chemistry.

“I can’t wait to get in front of the camera and start filming.”

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Sharon Osbourne Has Her Old X Factor Job Back For £1.8m

Sharon Osbourne has finally agreed to return to the X Factor - for a £1.8 million deal.

She agreed terms this week and will jet in before the first audition in Glasgow on June 4.

An official announcement is due to be made imminently.

ITV hoped to sign Sharon, 60, last month but her marriage troubles stalled talks.

The Sun revealed she and rocker hubby Ozzy, 64, were living separate lives in Los Angeles after he admitted taking drugs and drinking again.

A source said: “Sharon’s been through hell lately, so X Factor was not front of mind.

“But she loves the show and missed it.

“Things with Ozzy have calmed down but they’re a long way off being sorted.”

Sharon - who has said she does not want to divorce - will return as part of a revamp by Simon Cowell after last year’s series lost over three million viewers.

She will get over £1.5million cash and £300,000 in first class flights between the UK and LA. Five star hotel accommodation, wardrobe and make-up costs are also thrown in.

She quit in 2008 after four years, saying she disliked panel co-star Dannii Minogue, She had also demanded a reported £2million pay deal, which show boss Richard Holloway branded “unreasonable”.

Fellow judge Gary Barlow is still thrashing out a £1.5m deal, while Louis Walsh is said to be close to signing for £1m.

We told yesterday how Nicole Scherzinger is still holding out. Chiefs are considering hiring ex Spice Girl Mel B instead.

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X Factor Spends £6m On Judges

The X Factor judges will get paid a staggering £6Million this year - a £2million rise.

Nicole Scherzinger, Gary Barlow and Louis Walsh have signed up again for the 2013 series. And Sharon Osbourne will join them, replacing N-Dubz star Tulisa Contostavlos as the fourth judge.

Bosses splashed the extra dosh on the judging line-up to mark the show’s tenth anniversary - and in a bid to win back the two million viewers who deserted it last year.

Former judge Sharon - who quit the show in 2007 - has signed up for £1.5 million.

The 60-year-old will also get £300,000 to pay for first-class flights from her home in the US and a suite at London’s five-star Dorchester Hotel during the show’s filming.

Gary, 42, gets £1.5million - the same as he was paid last year - while Louis, 60, is now the lowest paid judge on £1million even though he will be the only one to have filmed all ten series.

Former Pussycat Doll Nicole, 34, whose artist James Arthur, 25, won X Factor last year, was the final judge to sign up.

She held out until bosses doubled her pay packet to £1.5million, from last year’s £750,000.

The new deals take the judges’ pay from £3.7million a year to £5.8million, plus expenses likely to run into tens of thousands of pounds. Bosses vowed to use the tenth series to win back the viewers who stopped watching X Factor in 2012.

A source said: “We’re really confident about this panel and we’re putting our money where our mouth is.

“Nicole deserved a pay rise after coming first and second last year. Also she’ll be there for the audition shows this year so we’re getting more bang for our buck.”

Yesterday show boss Simon Cowell, 53, said: “Three words I never thought I’d say - welcome back Sharon.”

As The Sun previously revealed, The X Factor will now feature two sets of auditions.

First, the hopefuls will face the judges in an intimate audition room.

And if they receive three or more yes votes they will go on to perform for the panel again in an arena.

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Spruce Bruce Looking For Love After Losing 4st

Jamie Bruce is a shadow of his former self since he went on The Voice – but in a good way.

The singing bouncer has lost four stone in seven weeks and is looking for love.

Jamie, in Sir Tom Jones’ group on the BBC show, piled on the pounds and ballooned to 24st after feeling like a loser when he was rejected from ITV’s The X Factor in 2011.

But now he is battling the flab, has spruced himself up and puts his new image - and success - down to the support he has had on The Voice.

Comparing that with his experience on The X Factor, he said: “I have been treated better by the BBC. It has changed my mental state and my insecurities. It’s been very positive.

“I came out of The X Factor feeling low and questioning if I should carry on.

“The first thing I did when I got kicked out was get a McDonald’s. I ate and drank a lot for the next four months to try and forget about feeling like a failure.

“It felt like the whole experience had been a big waste of two months of my life.

“But the difference with The Voice is that you have a vocal coach there who gives you constructive criticism even if they don’t put you through.

“So people don’t go away feeling they haven’t succeeded.”

Jamie, of Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, now wants to lose another three stone before The Voice live shows start on June 8.

He says: “With the frame of mind I’m now in, it has been so easy to cut out bad things. I was a man who used to eat a loaf of bread a day - but I have cut carbohydrates out of my life.

“I used to eat all the wrong things at all the wrong times and I didn’t do enough exercise. I was eating 3,500 to 4,000 calories a day. But now my aim is to get down to 17st.”

Jamie, who says he has been “100 per cent single” for the past two years, is also hopeful his new confidence will help him find Miss Right.

He says: “I seem to be getting a lot more looks in the street. I am definitely ready for love now.”

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Sharon Osbourne Top X Factor Moments

She threw water over Louis Walsh, went to war with Dannii Minogue and wound up Simon Cowell - X Factor with Sharon Osbourne was never dull.

She originally sat on the panel from 2004 - 2007 and famously quit the show on air.

And not only did she cause mischief with her fellow judges, she discovered Chico and had a hand in Wagner's X Factor success when she was Louis's guest mentor.

But as the ITV show battles falling ratings, Sharon O has been brought back to spice up the panel.

The Sun Online takes a look over her more memorable moments.

Sharon Osbourne throws water over Louis Walsh Back in 2005 Sharon Osbourne dumped a glass of water over Louis Walsh after he made a snide remark about her husband Ozzy.

Showing that she wasn't a lady to be messed with, she then followed it up by emptying another one over his barnet.

The golden moment has gone down in X Factor history.

Talking about her return to the show this week, she said: "I couldn't be happier about coming back for the 10th anniversary of X Factor.

"I can't wait to give Gary Barlow a big hug, sit next to the gorgeous Nicole, and of course throw water on dear Louis. Yay!"

Sharon Osbourne reveals her true feelings for fellow former judge Dannii Minogue

Sharon made her feelings clear for fellow judge Dannii Minogue during an appearance on Graham Norton's chat show in 2007.

Talking about her fellow X Factor judge, Sharon said: "I feel bad for her as she knows she is there because of her looks, not because of her musical contribution to the industry."

Then in a fake Aussie accent Sharon mimicked: "You hate me as I'm so young and beautiful and Simon wants me and he doesn't want you."

Sharon then sniped: "You're right mate. That's the only thing she's got right! She is younger, she is better looking and he does want her, and he don't want me. Thank God!"

She then admitted "I'm going to get into so much trouble."

Sharon Osbourne mentors Chico

Sharon took Welsh-born singer Chico Slimani through to the live shows in 2005.

He performed from a fountain at the judges' houses round, and after the show he went to No1 with Chico Time the following year.

Thanks Sharon. We think....

Sharon Osbourne lays into Steve Brookstein and brands him a 'fake'

Sharon shocked the audience when she launched a scathing attack on Steve Brookstein in 2004.

When commenting on a performance by the eventual winner of the show, Sharon said: "Not fabulous. He has a very nice voice but he's not a superstar.

"I have to say this, I am so fed up of 'Mr Humble', he's been over-confident from day one, he's not what he seems believe me. All that BS that he gives out. He's even fooled Simon. He's full of crap and he's an average singer, ask everybody else on this contest. He's overly confident."

Simon said: "There's an awful lot I could say but I won't. I think it was inappropriate to be personal tonight."

Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh can't stop laughing

Spaniard Penelope Gomez caused Sharon and Louis to collapse into fits of giggles when she tried to perform Over The Rainbow.

When Louis started cracking up, Penelope stopped singing and told him off, causing Sharon to start laughing.

Louis had to bite down on his fist to stop his chuckles and in the end Simon joined in the fun.

The Irish star boyband manager: "Do you have a second song? Fields of Gold? Ah, yes. I love that song."

Sharon had to hide under the desk to calm down.

Sharon and Louis put her through much to Simon's disgust despite her quiet audition.

The X Factor boss walked out and declared: "I'm taking a break."

Sharon Osbourne quits X Factor live on air

In 2007, Sharon took offence when two of her acts landed in the bottom two.

She stormed off in anger, and show host Dermot O'Leary told the audience: "Sharon has decided to leave the panel tonight."

From the back of the room, Sharon screamed: "I'm leaving the show, I'm out!"

She returned to complete the series, but didn't come back in 2008.

Sharon Osbourne walks into a door

Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh suffered from another fit of giggles — this time when a wannabe tried to sing Cherish by Madonna.

Louis, who could hardly speak through his laughter, ignored Simon's request that he left the room, and protested: "I want to hear her sing."

Then Sharon collapsed with mirth.

Simon said: "You two just go next door. Leave the table"

As they walk down the corridor, Simon bellowed: "Shut up!"

Sharon is so consumed by her chuckles she walks straight into a door.

Sharon Osbourne accosts Simon Cowell on Xtra Factor

Simon Cowell stormed off Xtra Factor after his act Nikitta Angus was chucked out of the competition, and Sharon was hell bent on winding him up.

Host Ben Shephard tried his best to interview a seething Simon as Sharon sung to the mogul and pawed at him.

As Sharon snuggled up to him, circled his nipples and stroked his arm, Simon said: "This is really, really annoying me."

Ben told her: "Sharon! Leave him alone for two seconds!"

Sharon admitted that in the breaks she "had a bottle of wine, it was fabulous!"

Ben asked her: "Just the one?"

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