'X Factor' Marcus Collins And Amelia Lily Wow At Homecoming Gigs

Marcus And Amelia Wow Thier Home Crowds

With pressure mounting ahead of this weekend's big finale, the X Factor contestants have been rallying up last minute support in their hometowns.

Marcus Collins and Amelia Lily took to the stage in their respective hometowns of Liverpool and Middlesbrough last night to perform gigs to crowds of thousands.

And it certainly gave them a taste of what they can expect if they win the talent show.

Joined by his mentor Gary Barlow on stage, Marcus was desperate to secure those all important votes, as it was revealed despite being previous odds-on favourite to take the crown, he has now slipped to third place with bookmakers.

Meanwhile, Amelia Lily was joined by Kelly Rowland in her hometown of Middlesbrough and was clearly overwhelmed by the number of people who turned out to support her.

"Just arrived at the middlesbrough empire, can't believe the amount of people here for me, I feel so blessed thankyou so much to everyone [sic]," she tweeted.

Earlier this week, Little Mix made their way to South Shields, home to members Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall, to perform their homecoming gig - but many Little Mix fans were left disappointed after half of the fans that showed up were turned away because the crowd was so big.

Jade was left astounded by the support, despite the fact the girl group are the current bookies favourites, telling The Sun:

"We couldn't wait to come back - it has been four months since we've been in South Shields. We knew the North East was proud, but we can't believe it."

It has also been revealed that the contestants will be dueting with their mentors as part of Saturday's show.

Marcus confirmed at today's X Factor press conference that he and Gary will be singing Always A Woman by Billy Joel while Kelly and Amelia Lily are reportedly set to sing River Deep, Mountain High and Tulisa and Little Mix are mulling over an Alicia Keys mash-up.

An insider told The Mirror, "It's going to be more pressure than ever. The acts will be singing in front of 10,000 people [at Wembley Arena] - and with their mentors.

"The judges will be nervous as well because the song could be the difference between winning and losing."

It is thought the plan was made up by bosses after Louis' final act, Kitty Brucknell, was voted out and we can only imagine how much he's looking forward to critiquing his fellow judges as well as the finalists.

Will Gary have the "likeability factor"? Is Tulisa the "perfect popstar"? We'll just have to wait and find out.

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