X Factor's Carolynne denies feuding with rivals

X Factor's Carolynne denies feuding with rivals
X Factor's Carolynne denies feuding with rivals (Image credit: PA)

The X Factor hopeful Carolynne Poole has denied there's any feuding going on with her rivals. Carolynne, 32, had a brush with fame last year when she made it to the judges' stages of the show, during a traumatic time in her life when her marriage broke down and her attempts at pregnancy failed. She's now through to the live shows, after being picked by Gary Barlow in the over-28s category, with mother-of-two Melanie Masson, 44, and Kye Sones, 30. "Because we're so different we're not in direct competition with each other," the country music fan said of the other hopefuls selected by Gary for his category. "We're really supportive of each other. Although it's a competition, it's easier for us as a group to support each other individually and still cater for our needs as well." Asked how he was going to change the jokey reputation of the Overs' category, Gary said of his acts: "I don't need to do anything to change it. These guys will change it. "They're brilliant artists, they're diverse artists from each other. These guys will do that job for themselves."

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Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

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