Gary Barlow has said that he believes Luke Lucas was too young to put through to The X Factor's live finals. The musician was seen on ITV1 last night selecting Frankie Cocozza, Marcus Collins, Craig Colton and James Michael for the boys' category. Lewis had been seen at Judges' Houses breaking down in front of Barlow and his Take That bandmate Robbie Williams. Barlow told The Mirror: "Luke is too young. I couldn't sleep at night if I put him through. I have a responsibility here as well. Robbie was sat there, saying, 'Was I like that at that age?' "16 is too young to be in a competition with this kind of pressure. No wonder he cracked. There are some 16-year-olds who are more mature than others, but bless Luke - he is just not ready." Watch Luke Lucas at Judges' Houses (more)...
- 10/3/2011
- by By Kate Goodacre
- Digital Spy
The final 16 contestants in this year's series of The X Factor have been named. In tonight's Judges' Houses episode, Gary Barlow, Kelly Rowland, Tulisa Contostavlos and Louis Walsh each chose four acts from their assigned category to advance to the live shows. Barlow picked Marcus Collins, Craig Colton, James Michael and Frankie Cocozza as his Boys, eliminating Luke Lucas, Max Vickers, Joe Cox and returning contestant John Wilding. Group mentor Contostavlos, meanwhile, opted for Nu Vibe, 2 Shoes and Rhythmix over The Lovettes, Estrella and Girl V Boy. In an X Factor first, she also took Charlie Healy, the lead singer of rejected band The Keys, and put him through as part of rival boyband The Risk. In the Overs category, (more)...
- 10/2/2011
- by By Daniel Sperling
- Digital Spy
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