Deja vu on Cheryl's X Factor return

The new series of X Factor kicks off with “a flashback” for a tearful Cheryl Fernandez-Versini when one of her old acts returns in a bid to restart her career.

Cheryl cried when she met one of her former contestants (ITV)

The Geordie judge is left wiping away tears at the performance of 25-year-old Amy Connelly, who lost out at the Judges’ Houses stage in 2008, and tells her: “That was really beautiful, it was captivating. Honestly, this is like a flashback for me, it’s something that you do to me, we just have a connection.”