<P> During 2015 Lily joined the cast of American Idiot the musical as a lead role of "Whatsername", in the show Lily performs the songs "She's a Rebel", "Last Night on Earth", "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" and "21 Guns". Lily also performs a solo song during the show called "Letterbomb". Previously Lily had musical production experience having already performed as part of the cast of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as the narrator claiming a lead role . </P> <P> The daughter of Aranka Bradley and Barry Oliver, Amelia Lily was born on 16 October 1994 in Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough . She was educated at Chandlers Ridge Primary school followed by the independent, fee - paying Teesside High School, in nearby Eaglescliffe . Lily began her musical career while still a secondary school pupil by posting videos of herself singing on YouTube . Her cover of Adele's "Someone Like You" garnered over 1 million views . From the age of 13, she began writing songs with her guitar and aspired to be a country singer after being brought up listening to it . She was a figure skater for 6 years during her childhood . She was also working on the tills at a garden centre in Nunthorpe, for £ 4.90 an hour, which she "absolutely hated". Lily declared in an interview for The Sun that she suffered bullying for five years at a previous school, saying she "had no friends", and "used to come home crying all the time". The newspaper reported that bullies picked on her because of her different style and, even after Lily was asked to sing at an assembly, they said she "would never make it". On a SugarScape interview in August 2012, she revealed that she wanted to be a nun when she was younger . </P> <P> Known as the "Comeback Kid", Lily auditioned for The X Factor in Liverpool in front of judges Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow, Tulisa, and Kelly Rowland in 2011 . She sang Erma Franklin's "Piece of My Heart" and won praise from all four judges . Gary Barlow said "...oh my goodness, 16 years old that was incredible . That absolutely lifted the top of this arena, well done . Amazing vocals . Amelia I am blown away ..." </P> <P> She progressed through boot camp to the judges' houses, where she sang "E.T." by Katy Perry in front of Rowland and guest judge Jennifer Hudson . Lily made it to the live shows in Rowland's girls category, along with Misha B, Janet Devlin and Sophie Habibis . She performed "Billie Jean" receiving positive reviews . The judges loved her performance on the Britain vs America theme show, with Louis telling her: "Amelia, you deserve to be on that stage"; Gary also gave her thumbs - up, commenting: "That was a really great opening to the show" but she was the first of the girls category to be eliminated from the live shows on 9 October by decision of her mentor . There was no public vote in the inaugural live show . After her surprise elimination, Lily continued to perform at clubs . Prior to the sixth live show of The X Factor, it was announced that Frankie Cocozza had been axed and that the public would be given the chance to reinstate a contestant eliminated during the first live show . Lily was voted back into the competition after winning 48.8% of the vote, beating 2 Shoes, James Michael and Jonjo Kerr . Her comeback performance of "The Show Must Go On" received critical acclaim from all four judges . </P>

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