Janet ‘relieved’ after X Factor departure

IRISH X Factor contestant Janet Devlin has said she was relieved to be voted off the blockbuster show because she felt like a karaoke singer and refused to be treated as a puppet.

While most contestants are devastated when they leave the show, the teenager from the North said she was relieved to be voted off before the semi-final.

She said on Daybreak yesterday morning: “I feel kind of happy and kind of relieved. There is a lot of stress and now it is gone.