Has X-Factor Found a New Subo?
Supermarket worker Mary Byrne auditioned in Dublin and was seen on Saturday’s show.
And her performance of Shirley Bassey's 'I Who Have Nothing' even managed to move judge Cheryl Cole to tears. She is seen wiping away tears and tells Byrne that she was stunned by the “incredible power and emotion” of the performance.
The woman who has been likened to the Britain’s got Talent Star Susan Boyle even managed to please notoriously hard to please Simon Cowell
“'I think, no, I know you have an amazing voice,' Cowell said. 'I don't know why you suffer from no confidence.'
He then tells his fellow judges, including I kissed a girl singer Katy Perry, “I absolutely love her, she is genuinely a lovely woman with great talent and I hope the audience loves her too. She deserves this break.”
However, it has been reported that Mary Byrne has had a shot at fame. She won a TG4 Irish TV singing contest and a recording deal two years ago.
The TV talent contest named Nollaig No 1, meaning Christmas number one, crowned Mary their winner but her debut single “You’ll Never Walk Alone” only sold 19 copies in its first week of release.
Meanwhile, after the controversy surrounding the first week of the X-Factor when some of the contestants had their performances tweaked using autotuning the show has now banned the use of autotuning.
A spokesperson for the show has said "There will be no autotune in the audition shows or for competitive performances on live shows.”
Last week’s star Gamu Nhengu is currently favourite to win the show with odds of 8/1 with Bet365, Paddypower and Boylesport. While Mary Byrne has odds of 10/1 with Bet365, Bodog and Betfred to win the show.
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Victor Chandler has odds of 1/4 that the winner of the X-Factor will have a Christmas number one and 11/4 that it won’t.
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