X Factor star Dannii Minogue has kept in touch with Nicole Jackson, who failed to make it through to the live shows.

Jackson told This Is Bristol that Dannii was very supportive at the time. She said:

“Dannii was great. She told me not to give up, and that she really believed I could be big and make it mainstream. She was gutted that I had messed up. She gave me lots of confidence.”

She added: “Dannii called me yesterday out of the blue – I was in bed and I was like, ‘Sorry, Dannii who?’ She said she still wants to follow my progress and she has a writer that wants to work with me who saw me at the Boot Camp stages.

“I have got myself a manager, and hopefully with all this put together things will start to go really well. I would love to be a mainstream solo artist and Dannii said she thinks it could happen. To hear someone like her tell me that makes me feel great.”