2011: Amelia Lily took on Beverley Knight at her X Factor Audition

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on September 11, 2011

16-year-old Amelia Lily took on Beverley Knight and showed yet again that there are a lot of young talent in the country just waiting to be discovered.

Amelia Lily’s Performance Summary

Age : 16.
Auditioned In : Birmingham.
Song Title : Piece Of My Heart .
Recorded By : Beverley Knight .
Available From : Amazon.

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Before taking to the stage, the shy and nervous teenager said:

“You’re used to watching The X Factor but when you are actually here right now, it’s like oh my god, it’s actually happening. You know this morning when we pulled up outside the arena it was just crazy, looking at that thinking I’m going to be performing in front of thousands of people, it’s like pretty amazing but also pretty daunting.”

She added: “I am the most nervous about if they stop me during the song, that would be an absolute, it would be horrible, my heart would sink. I am very overwhelmed, but you just have to give it rock all as my nana would say, and just go out there and do what I want to do for the rest of my life.”

Following her performance, this is what the judges had to say:

Judges Comments

Tulisa Contostavlos: How old are you again Amelia? 16 years old. Let me tell you something, people work their whole lives and take forever to get to that level that you’re at now, you’ve come on that stage so much older than your years, you performed like a 30 year old woman that has been perfecting her craft for years and years, that was amazing, you blew up the stage, your energy was off the chain, well done.”

Louis Walsh: “It was big it was bold it was beautiful and I think a star is born.”

Kelly Rowland: “I am still having a hard time understanding that you’re 16-years-old with such a natural gift, you have a natural gift, your energy was great, you’ve got this big beautiful voice with so much soul beyond your years, you were born to do this.”

Gary Barlow: Amelia, this is the reason I wanted to sit in this chair, to discover talent like this, oh my goodness, 16 years old that was incredible. That absolutely lifted the top of this arena, well done.

Amelia sailed through to the next round with four yeses.