Cheryl Cole’s niece crashed out of The X Factor at the first hurdle yesterday.
Melissa Armstrong, 21, told the panel she is the step daughter of Cheryl’s brother Joseph and said she could not audition when her aunt was a judge.
She revealed she had finished university and hoped to open a noodle bar before singing Cheryl’s hit Promise This – to a mixed reaction from the audience, as well as the ITV1 judges.