Most people would find it the ultimate insult to be called a cross between Cher and Pete Burns, but X Factor hopeful Collagen Westwood was left thrilled when Louis Walsh made the comparison!

Before her audition, the 22-year-old revealed: to The Sun newspaper: “Collagen is not my birth name but it feels more me because I love big lips and I have big lips.

“I love plastic surgery because it can make you become something different and I think when you are born you are just a blank canvas.

“Like, I wasn’t happy with my nose so I had a nose job to make myself feel like how I should have been.

“I auditioned for X Factor because this is the first year of having my nose.”

On spin-off show, The Xtra Factor, when asked what she would spend the prize money on, the eccentric wannabe admitted: “I think I would get liposuction to get thinner.

“My idol is Pete Burns, people think that’s strange, but I think he looks really nice and looks like a doll.

“I started having my lips done in the salon; sometimes I do it on a weekly basis, if I feel they are not big enough.

“I learnt how to sing by recording Stars in your Eyes every week.

“My whole life I have been in training to be a celebrity and I’ve always thought of what I should and shouldn’t do, because I believe in my head that one day I will make it.”

Head Judge, Gary Barlow’s reaction was: “Collagen I actually think you’ve got a very good voice, with hard work and the right training, you could be very good I think.”

Whilst Louis Walsh added: “You’re a cross between Pete Burns and Cher.”

To which Collagen, from Brighton, replied: “That’s the biggest compliment in the world.”

Meanwhile, Nicole Scherzinger seems to be showing the signs of her inner green-eyed monster as she has commented how many of the young male contestants want to “feel up” fellow judge, Tulisa because she has got a “hot pair of puppies”.

The full conversation can be heard by the former Pussycat Doll and glamorous other half of Brit F1 driver, Lewis Hamilton, on this weekend’s addition of the Xtra Factor, where she is quoted as saying:

“There’s been lots of boys who wanted to come down and give her [Tulisa] a kiss.”

“There’s been no surprise that we’ve had lots of boys wanting to feel up, I mean hug, Tulisa.”

Which head judge Gary adds: “It’s amazing how many people want kisses off her. Nearly as many as want kisses off me.”

Prompting a response from Nicole of: “She’s damn sexy … she’s got a hot pair of puppies up her.”

However, they may all be out of luck, as on the same show Tulisa confides in Xtra Factor host Caroline Flack that she wouldn’t date a contestant, and that she wants someone a bit “geezer-y”, saying that she is attracted to “a bit of a bad boy but a good heart so he can be changed. Successful and dominating”.

On a serious note, during this week’s double show, one contestant stood out for Gary!

Former Pop Idol star Hayley Evetts can be seen auditioning on The Xtra Factor this weekend, explaining to ITV2′s Xtra Factor host, Caroline Flack: “I auditioned for Pop Idol, 10 years ago this year, and I came 5th. People come up to me and say what are you doing now? And you kind of go, nothing!

“I really was going to give it all up, now I’m a bit older than I was then, and it’s kind of time to get a normal job and be sensible, but there is something in there! People say they are happiest being on stage, I love it, I thrive off an audience being there.”

Once on the stage and giving what she describes as her “last try”, the judges are won over, even causing Louis to reach for a hankie!

Tulisa commented: “Hayley we hear stories like this all the time, of people who have been struggling in the industry for years and grafting, but I think you have what it takes to compete this year.”

Whilst head judge, Gary added: “Hayley, talk about a comeback that was incredible, you absolutely killed it, well done.

The X Factor can be seen on Saturday at 8.10pm, and Sunday at 8.00pm on ITV1/ITV1 HD.

The Xtra Factor can be seen on Saturday at 9.10pm, and Sunday at 9.00pm on ITV2/ITV2 HD.