It’s true that time flies as, if I hadn’t been told to me a thousand times tonight, I wouldn’t have known that the audition stages of The X-Factor had already come to an end. Despite this the production team thought some of you needed reminding about the acts that have got through so the opening segment of the programme, as well as the last ten minutes, were dedicated to looking at the impact that some of the most memorable singers have had. This opener seemed to suggest that these successful auditionees were already getting interviews and coverage in national newspapers on a daily basis but in fact if you’d looked closely all of the TV coverage came either from Daybreak or This Morning so once again this was more cross-promotional work from ITV.

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Carolynne Poole failed to find fame on the X Factor last year, but it seems that she might be finally about hit the big time.

The stunning singer made it as far as judges houses on the ITV show last year, before being dropped by Louis Walsh in favour of Goldie Cheung – no one could ever say the Irish star had good taste – however it seems she can act as well as sing and may be about to make her debut on a popular British soap.

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