OK so it’s not the real Madonna but this lady has more reasons than most for wanting to make it through to the live shows. Madonna Decia from the Philippines came to the UK to make money for her family, but has had to leave her two children behind with her parents, “I have had to make this hard choice to leave my children behind so I can came her to make money or they would starve”.

Despite sending home money every week Madonna has not seen her two daughters in over six months and desperately wants to save up enough money to fly her children to the UK. “If I do well in this competition it would be life changing not just for me but for my kids and it could be the chance for us to be together. Now I am singing for my girls and their future”.

As she explains her situation to the Judges, Amanda is welling up before Madonna even opens her mouth to sing, getting Madonna going too, so the chivalrous Dec runs on stage with a tissue. Once she’s composed herself, Madonna launches into a rendition of Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You, blowing the Judges and the audience away

and leaving not a dry eye in the house, “I know you were singing that song for your babies weren’t you, and you do not need to worry because I think you are going to go such a long way in this show and you’ll get that money to get your children on a plane to be with you because you lady have talent”, weeps Amanda.

With a reaction like that and a huge smile on Simon’s face, surely Madonna is one step closer to seeing her daughters again?