


The following night, she sang her winner's single, a cover of " Skyscraper" by Demi Lovato. On 14 December, she duetted with Scherzinger on " And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going". On 8 December, she made it to the final along with Nicholas McDonald and Luke Friend. She successfully made it through to "judges' houses" and was later chosen by Osbourne for the live shows, along with Lorna Simpson and Shelley Smith.įollowing the eliminations of Simpson in week 1 and Smith in week 2, Bailey became the last over 25 in the competition. Bailey was placed in the "over 25s" category at "bootcamp" and was mentored by Osbourne. She sang " Who's Lovin' You" and " Run To You" at the arena, gaining another standing ovation from the audience and bringing Scherzinger to tears. She was given four "yeses" and progressed through to the arena auditions. She received a standing ovation from all four judges afterwards, with Barlow calling her voice "incredible".
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In 2013, Bailey auditioned for the tenth series of The X Factor in front of judges Gary Barlow Sharon Osbourne, Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh, singing Beyoncé's " Listen" in her room audition. Main article: The X Factor (UK series 10) It was reported that Simon Cowell heard the song when he was shopping at his local Asda, but turned the duo down because they were not on television, but Bailey later said that this story was not true. In 1996, then 18-year-old Bailey formed the ska duo Girls Next Door with her friend Julie Nunney and they recorded a song called "Too Late", which was produced by Right Said Fred bassist Clyde Ward. In an interview on Daybreak the day after winning, Bailey said that she would quit her job at the Prison.

Before auditioning for The X Factor, she worked as a prison officer at HMP Gartree. Sam grew up in Sidcup, London and attended Cleeve Park School and Bexley College.
