Marcus Collins
Charming the judges with his smooth, soulful pop versions of Hey Ya, (Your Love
Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher and Last Christmas, Marcus Collins finished
second in the 2011 series of The X Factor, narrowly losing out to girl group
Little Mix. The smooth-voiced Liverpudlian was briefly a member of boyband Eton
Road (themselves also former X Factor contestants) and worked as a hairdresser
before entering the TV talent show as a solo artist. After the show he signed a
deal with RCA Records and entered the studio with mentor Gary Barlow as producer
with the sessions producing d...
