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.

The 17 year old got off to a storming start by winning the first four public votes and came runner-up in the fifth week when Amelia Lily made her comeback and pulled in the biggest number of votes.

Just three weeks later Devlin’s incredible backing had dwindled away when she landed in the bottom two after fluffing the words of the song and was voted off. It is thought a big Irish vote kept the young singer coming out on top during the early weeks.