Leicester woman Sam Bailey, 35, has stormed through the first stage of the audition process, wowing judges with her version of Beyonce's Listen. Judge Nicole Scherzinger told her: "That's exactly how that song is supposed to be sung".
ITV News Central correspondent Alison Mackenzie met up with X Factor hopeful Sam Bailey today.
Sam, a prison warden from Leicestershire, got through to the boot camp round of the show after wowing the judges and an audience of 4,000 at Wembley.
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The city’s spike in coronavirus cases has sparked a report that it may be the first UK location to be subjected to a district lockdown.