A 16-year-old student called Ella gave the X Factor judges goose bumps on Saturday when she took to the stage and performed a song written after her granddad’s death.
Mel B said: "What we just witnessed was incredible," and Louis Walsh agreed: "You're a class act."
Open Image Modal
Ella chose to sing a song written after her grandfather's death
Ella, from Tetney in Lincolnshire, who told audiences she had been performing for her grandfather since she was a toddler, seemed to capture Tulisa's heart.
The outspoken judge, gushed: "There’s so many good things I could sit here and say about you, I could go on and on - the list is endless, but the one thing is that you are the one person that I personally go ‘I really want to mentor, I really do’ I see something so special in you, there’s just a spark, you’re just a star."
Meanwhile, Gary Barlow labelled the young singer: "Out of this world."
Saturday's 75-minute episode saw a revamp of The X Factor , with producers allowing wannabes to write and perform their own original music.
PHOTOS: X Factor returns! All of the contestants from the first episode...
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (01 of33)
Open Image Modal Alexander, or should that be Rod Stewart? (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (02 of33)
Open Image Modal Alexander (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (03 of33)
Open Image Modal Tulisa wannabe Ashley (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (04 of33)
Open Image Modal Ashley (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (05 of33)
Open Image Modal Curtis (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (06 of33)
Open Image Modal Curtis, more than a geek (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (07 of33)
Open Image Modal Curtis (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (08 of33)
Open Image Modal Ella (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (09 of33)
Open Image Modal Fe (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (10 of33)
Open Image Modal Jahmene (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (11 of33)
Open Image Modal Jahmene (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (12 of33)
Open Image Modal Jahmene (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (13 of33)
Open Image Modal Jahmene (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (14 of33)
Open Image Modal Jahmene (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (15 of33)
Open Image Modal Jahmene (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (16 of33)
Open Image Modal Jahmene (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (17 of33)
Open Image Modal Jahmene (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (18 of33)
Open Image Modal Omar (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (19 of33)
Open Image Modal Omar (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (20 of33)
Open Image Modal Rick (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (21 of33)
Open Image Modal Rick (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (22 of33)
Open Image Modal Sheyi (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (23 of33)
Open Image Modal (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (24 of33)
Open Image Modal Sheyi (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (25 of33)
Open Image Modal Sheyi (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (26 of33)
Open Image Modal Tasha (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (27 of33)
Open Image Modal Tasha (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (28 of33)
Open Image Modal Zoe (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (29 of33)
Open Image Modal Zoe (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (30 of33)
Open Image Modal Zoe (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (31 of33)
Open Image Modal Zoe (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (32 of33)
Open Image Modal Zoe (credit:ITV)
X Factor 2012 Episode 1 (33 of33)
Open Image Modal Ella (credit:ITV)
X Factor press launch (01 of21)
Open Image Modal (credit:WENN)
X Factor press launch (02 of21)
Open Image Modal Nicole Scherzinger (credit:WENN)
X Factor press launch (03 of21)
Open Image Modal Tulisa (credit:WENN)
X Factor press launch (04 of21)
Open Image Modal Caroline Flack (credit:WENN)
X Factor press launch (05 of21)
Open Image Modal Louis Walsh (credit:WENN)
X Factor press launch (06 of21)
Open Image Modal (credit:WENN)
X Factor press launch (07 of21)
Open Image Modal Dermot O'Leary (credit:WENN)
X Factor press launch (08 of21)
Open Image Modal Caroline Flack (credit:WENN)
X Factor press launch (09 of21)
Open Image Modal Tulisa (credit:WENN)
X Factor press launch (10 of21)
Open Image Modal Sinitta (credit:WENN)
X Factor press launch (11 of21)
Open Image Modal (credit:WENN)
X Factor press launch (12 of21)
Open Image Modal Nicole Scherzinger (credit:WENN)
X Factor press launch (13 of21)
Open Image Modal Nicole Scherzinger (credit:WENN)
X Factor press launch (14 of21)
Open Image Modal Caroline Flack (credit:WENN)
X Factor press launch (15 of21)
Open Image Modal Tulisa (credit:WENN)
X Factor press launch (16 of21)
Open Image Modal Dermot O'Leary (credit:WENN)
X Factor press launch (17 of21)
Open Image Modal (credit:WENN)
X Factor press launch (18 of21)
Open Image Modal Louis Walsh (credit:WENN)
X Factor press launch (19 of21)
Open Image Modal Nicole Scherzinger (credit:WENN)
X Factor press launch (20 of21)
Open Image Modal Sinitta (credit:WENN)
X Factor press launch (21 of21)
Open Image Modal (credit:WENN)