After a long wait, Olly Murs revealed that Cheryl Fernandez-Versini’s act Reggie N Bollie had made it through to the final alongside Louisa, leaving Che to have to settle for 3rd place in this year’s competition.
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Ché gave the audience a taste of Phil Collins” In The Air Tonight, while Louisa blasted out Christina Aguilera’s Fighter, and Reggie “N’ Bollie brought the party with Jump by Kriss Kross. “Seriously thank you to everyone who keeps voting for us”, said Reggie.
Joined by her mentor Rita Ora for a performance of And I Am Telling You, Louisa exuded a confidence beyond her years.
Yes, it’s true: The band that got their start on X Factor and then took the world by storm will be playing their last concert on the very stage where they were formed.
As The X Factor’s original novelty act way back in 2005, Chico paved the way for the likes of Jedward, Rylan and Wagner when performed his own song “Chico Time” for the judges.
The singer will appear alongside Coldplay and One Direction on Sunday’s final results show.
Louisa Johnson, 17, had stunned the judges earlier on with a performance of “I Believe I Can Fly” which Nick Grimshaw called “astonishing”, and which moved Simon Cowell to declare: “An angel has just come to Wembley and sang the roof off”.
“I saw a vision of what I could do with them from when they first hit the stage, actually”.
However, while Johnson has been the frontrunner for quite some time, there are now fears that she will miss the final due to ill health. “They just needed to be structured”.
“We just want to top everything we’ve done in the past”, said Reggie.
A spokesperson for X Factor told Metro.co.uk: “Unfortunately Louisa is unwell and we have been advised by doctors that she now needs to be on bed and voice rest ahead of this weekend’s final”. I always think I’m going to find out something about him and think “oh, you’re not completely perfect” but he kind of is, it’s annoying!
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The stars set to perform during this weekend’s grand final have been announced – and there are some seriously big names on the table.
