Sam Bailey
After many failed attempts to make it in the music industry - initially in the
duo Girls Next Door with Julie Nunney, later singing on cruise ships and even
failing an X Factor audition in 2007 - Sam Bailey was a 35-year-old prison
officer in Leicester when she decided to enter the 2013 series of X Factor.
Breaking the mould of reality TV talent shows, audiences fell in love with her
natural personality, while judges were stunned by the emotional power of her big
voice. She received a standing ovation from the judges at her first audition
when she sang Beyoncé's Listen and there ...
