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Person: Sami Brookes

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Irish singer netted almost half of X Factor votes

IRISH singer Janet Devlin lived up to her hot favourite title at the start of the X Factor after newly released figures reveal she had a landslide victory of just under half of the public votes.

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Boyband The Risk and Janet Devlin are now joint favourites to win 'X Factor' after Sami Brookes became the latest hopeful to be booted out of this year’s competition.

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Sami Brookes gets the X Factor boot

Sami Brookes has become the latest X Factor hopeful to have her dreams of stardom dashed as she was booted out of this year’s competition.

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Handbags at dawn for Louis and Kelly

Louis Walsh and Kelly Rowland are no longer speaking.

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Second time unlucky for Wilding

'X Factor' wannabe John Wilding has missed out for a second time in his bid to be a star.

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