At 18 years old Nicholas Dorsett from London is the youngest contestant to take part in the live X Factor finals.

Nicholas has been singing for as long as he can remember and used to sing along to records with his big sister Louise when he was 3. In fact music is such a huge part of his life that he got a tattoo that reads: It’s all about the music.

Phillip had just reached the grand final of a British unsigned acts competition when he had to pull out because of his remarkable progress in The X Factor. Two years ago he also won a singing competition on Choice FM.

UPDATE
Nicholas Dorsett was the sixth contestant to get voted off the X factor show after underperforming for three weeks running.