Sam: I voted six times for Nicholas

Sam Bailey voted for Nicholas McDonald six times to make sure he would get into 'The X Factor' final.

[comment] (Sam signing copies of her new single in Leicester yesterday. Picture: PA)[/comment]

The 36-year-old brunette triumphed over the 17-year-old Scot in Sunday night'sfinale of the ITV talent show, but has sensationally admitted she put her own place in the last stage of the competition at risk by voting for the teenager because she was desperate for him to get to the final.