How to become an X Factor finalist

Think you’ve got the X Factor?

You’d better be sure before you go putting all your eggs in the TV singing contest’s basket – to date, there have been 114 finalists, giving pause for thought to anyone who thinks reaching the live shows equals making the big time.

So if you want your name to go down in reality TV history rather than garnering a lonely “Who?” after each rare mention, take a leaf out of these X Factor legends’ books.