Despite only reaching the semi-final of the 2008 The X Factor show - which was
won by Alexandra Burke - Diana Vickers made a big impact on the show resulting
in her acclaimed performances as the multi-faceted singer in the London West End
musical The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice and she won a Theatre Goers Choice
Award as Newcomer of the Year. Vickers also hit Number 1 with both her debut
single Once and her first album Songs From The Tainted Tree in 2009. She grew up
in the village of Huncoat, near Accrington and started singing when she was 11,
taking lessons and entering loca...