Amelia Lily Oliver was an iconic X Issue contestant in 2011, blowing judges away proper from her highly effective first auditon.
It’s arduous to imagine Amelia was simply 16 when she first stepped on stage in entrance of Gary Barlow, Tulisa, Kelly Rowland, and Louis Walsh, however viewers took her to their hearts and she or he completed in third place.
Now 27, the singer has had a glowing profession following her stint on the present, and she or he’s ‘proud’ to have been a part of Simon Cowell’s actuality present when it was at its ‘peak.’
Chatting with , Amelia stated the present has had an enduring affect her, shaping her into ‘the girl I'm at this time.’
‘There have been lots of people within the system through the years, and we’ve all heard about these tales, they didn’t have a good time on the present and sadly, everybody goes by totally different experiences on the present,’ she started.
‘I received knocked out week one then received introduced again 4 weeks later and that had by no means occurred. I used to be perpetually often called the comeback child with pink hair. However my time on the present, due to causes like that, as a result of I received kicked out, which was brutal for any 16-year-old, and to get introduced again and present the nation why I deserved to be there, in fact it’s made me who I'm at this time.’
She described her time on the present as a ‘large journey’ however stated she ‘wouldn’t change a factor’ because it’s helped to make her each a stronger individual and a ‘higher performer.’
It’s comprehensible why any teenager would really feel terrified to place themselves out for judgement by the world at such a young age, however Amelia really believes she was ‘fearless’ whereas collaborating in X Issue.
Describing the singing present as ‘a machine,’ she stated she was ‘resilient’ within the face of her nerves, and didn’t totally realise ‘the extent’ of what she was a part of till she grew older.
‘Life actually modified in a single day and my life’s by no means been the identical since my audition was aired, and I can’t think about life one other means.’
With rumours of an X Issue revival swirling, that begs the query, would Amelia do a present like that once more?
Effectively, she’s by no means been shy about her love for TV, beforehand ending as runner up in Celeb Large Brother 2017, earlier than starring in Geordie Shore in 2020.
However, the You Convey Me Pleasure hitmaker doesn’t imagine a present like The X Issue may ever be what it was once more.
‘I all the time get requested if I'd do a present like X Issue once more, however I don’t assume it should ever be what it was. After I was on it, it was at its absolute peak.’
Talking of the height of X Issue, Amelia is at present reliving these golden years by internet hosting her personal Radio 1 podcast, The Expertise Manufacturing unit: Contained in the Music Machine.
Consisting of eight episodes, the pod takes listeners ‘from the audition room to the stage’ as interviews with former contestants and judges reveal tales from behind the scenes and expose what it was actually like being a part of the juggernaut.
It’s the primary time the Nunthorpe-born star has sat down and correctly mirrored on her time on the present, admitting it’s ‘surreal’ to assume that if she didn’t audition for X Issue she ‘in all probability wouldn’t have accomplished any of this stuff that I’ve accomplished at this time.’
It’s no shock Amelia struggles to really soak up that she was a part of one of many largest TV reveals of all time, which has catapulted many to family fame.
Throughout the present, she carried out a duet with none apart from mentor Kelly Rowland at Wembley Stadium, and in addition grew near Little Combine, who went on to win their collection and, effectively, simply completely smash it out the park, actually.
Amelia appears again on that point in her life as her being a ‘child’ and now she’s a ‘younger girl,’ having beforehand bagged herself a file deal and roles in productions of Joseph and the Wonderful Technicolour Dreamcoat, American Fool, and Shrek the Musical.
If The X Issue does return to our screens, it’ll actually be totally different to what it as soon as was, with social media now taking part in an even bigger half than ever in how audiences are capable of categorical their views on TV reveals and contestants.
However, one factor’s for sure – whereas Amelia didn’t precisely know ‘who I used to be’ throughout her X Issue days, she’s extra confident than ever, though gained’t be forgetting her roots in a rush.
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