Here comes Boot Camp

This weekend, The X Factor Boot Camp will finally be here and things really start to hot up. In previous series, we’ve seen acts who we thought were definites for the live shows crumble under the pressure.  Lloyd Daniels chose to sing the Jason Mraz hit I’m Yours but failed to make an impression. Simon asked the teenager to sing another song - this time unaccompanied - and Lloyd’s true talent was recognised.

X Factor Lloyd Daniels nearly died of kidney failure

Singing sensation Lloyd Daniels has told how he nearly died of kidney failure five years ago - when he lost four stone in a fortnight.

Lloyd, 16, from South Wales revealed yesterday how he was left fighting for his life after sailing through with four "yesses" thanks to a second chance from Simon Cowell.

Simon stopped his faltering first song and told him: "Start again."

But a bigger drama came at age 11 when he dropped from eight stone to just under four after his kidneys stopped working. Nearly three months in hospital followed.

Lloyd, tipped as potential X Factor winner, said: "The weight was falling off me to the point where I was skin and bones."