'X Factor' Contestant Melanie Masson Has 'Worked With Kasabian, Stereophonics, Fatboy Slim And Happy Mondays'

X FACTOR: 'Stay At Home Mum' Hopeful Has Worked With Kasabian

The X Factor reportedly featured just eight minutes of songs in its hour-long show on Saturday, according to The Mirror, which doesn't seem very much for a singing contest, but never mind...

In amongst all the sob stories and footage of contestants drinking coffee, there were a couple of performers with decent voices, one of whom was 44-year-old Melanie Masson.

Viewers were led to believe Masson was a full-time mother and were stunned when she sang an incredibly powerful version of Janis Joplin's Cry Baby.

Guest judge Anastacia told Masson, described as a 'stay at home mum': "You killed it like that. It is never too late to have a record deal guuurl."

However, what the show failed to reveal was that she had also been working with some big music stars for the last 15 years.

The 'undiscovered talent' has worked as a session vocalist with names including Kasabian, Stereophonics, Fatboy Slim and Happy Mondays and in 2007, when she was signed to EMI records, released a single.

On the show, Sones was portrayed as a wannabe and was shown sweeping chimneys.

In his audition he impressed guest judge Rita Ora when he mashed her song RIP with Swedish House Mafia's Save the World Tonight. Judges Gary Barlow, Louis Walsh and Tulisa Contostavlos were also wowed.

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