Diana Vickers - X Factor 2008

The mother of X Factor‘s Diana Vickers has spoken to The Mirror about how devastated she was like week after being criticised by Simon Cowell.

Diana performed the Britney Spears Track ‘I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman’ and afterwards Simon told her that it was so bad she may not make it to the semi final.

"[Diana]‘s still so young but she really listens to the judges and takes criticism to heart. I was in the audience, like I have been every week, and my heart sank and my stomach flipped to hear Simon’s words," Ann Vickers told the newspaper.

"She was in bits after her first song last week but for her second song she came back fighting and won praise."