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'X Factor 2015': Katie Coleman Makes Nick Grimshaw And Rita Ora Emotional With Her Take On Ariana Grande's 'Break Free'

Katie Coleman Delivers Emotional Performance At 'X Factor' Auditions
Daniel Welsh
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Katie Coleman sailed through to Bootcamp after auditioning for the judges in Sunday night’s ‘X Factor’ auditions.

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The aspiring singer brought out an emotional side to the judges with her unique rendition of Ariana Grande’s ‘Break Free’, truly - at the risk of doling out the ‘X Factor’ clichés - making the song her own.

In one of the, admittedly, less impressive ‘X Factor’ sob stories we’ve heard, the 21-year-old performer sang the track for anyone who’s ever been through a rough break up, telling the judges she’d had her heart broken, to which Rita Ora told her: “Join the club, babe.”

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Katie Coleman

Speaking to camera, she admitted: “I’m having to draw on my own experiences of relationships that haven’t necessarily gone the way that I wanted them to go. I think a lot of girls know what that’s like.

“It is so painful and something that you never want to experience again, but if I didn’t go through that, I wouldn’t be the person I am today.

“Today is about trying to be strong, and getting through that hurt and that dark place, and the way I do that is with music and with singing.”

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Rita gets emotional at Katie's performance

Back story aside, Katie nailed the performance, earning a massive thumbs up from all of the judges on the panel, including a standing ovation from Rita and Nick Grimshaw.

Cheryl Fernandez-Versini told her: “You know what’s probably made you cry, sweetheart? You wore your heart on your sleeve, and you let us all into your pain. Out of every bad experience is a silver lining, and the silver lining is the beauty in your performance.”

Other stand-out acts from Sunday’s show included Kiera Weathers, who gave her own spin on ‘We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off’, and Mary O’Sullivan, who get a slightly less warm reception from the judges.

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