Stacey Soloman X Factor

When Stacey Solomon introduced herself in her piercing Essex tones, you could have been forgiven for thinking it would be a ‘No’ from the X Factor judges.

But as with her talent show predecessor Susan Boyle, the 19-year-old Stacey Solomon Dagenham single mother, proved first impressions can make for entertaining television.

Stacey’s soulful rendition of Louis Armstrong’s What A Wonderful World brought cheers from the audience, and – perhaps predictably – reduced Dannii Minogue to tears. Even the smug Simon Cowell was initially stunned into silence