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She also told the Guardian: "It was inappropriate for anybody - including contestants - to be drunk. And while she received both financial and medical support in the immediate aftermath of the crime, she said, she wasn’t given any support after the trial. Spraggan came out as gay at 14 years old [56] and married Georgina Gordon on 18 June 2016; [57] [58] the couple separated on 12 November 2019. [59]

When her X Factor audition went viral in 2012, Lucy became the bookies' favourite to win the show. She was the first contestant ever to write and perform her own original songs, refusing to be pigeonholed by stylists and producers. Viewers fell for her unmanufactured, anti-pop princess stance, and the tabloids loved her. Methven, Nicola (26 August 2012). "X Factor's Lucy: Mum is thrilled that I'm gay - she thinks it makes her cooler". Daily Mirror . Retrieved 20 March 2017.Spraggan was a 20-year-old gigging musician when she was scouted by X Factor producers, and she became the first contestant to perform her own songs and play an instrument. Her audition, a song called Last Night, was the world’s fourth most-watched YouTube video of that year, and she became the UK’s most Googled artist. Spraggan also recalled what it was like when Cowell reached out to her in an interview with BBC Breakfast, claiming that his apology meant a great deal to her as it was something that no one else offered. Did she feel that she didn’t match The X Factor’s commercially strategic view of what pop stars should be like? Too right, she did. Was she too niche for such a crowd-pleasing audience? Too right, she was. It is, she admits, a much bigger topic to chat about right now (she goes into it in lengthier detail in her forthcoming memoir, Process), but she says she played the game somewhat more than she might have thought. The X Factor UK (23 September 2012). "Lucy Spraggan's Bootcamp performance - Tea And Toast - The X Factor UK 2012". YouTube . Retrieved 3 May 2019.

He added that "Lucy is one of the most authentic, talented, and brave people I have ever met" and shared that since they first connected, he's been honoured to work with her and has "always supported her wish to tell her story as well as her efforts to bring about positive change." A memoir of great power and emotional honesty. To read this book is to be in awe of Spraggan's strength in writing it.' Elizabeth Day She also told her story in an emotional interview with The Guardian, recalling the moment she realised what had happened to her. “I woke up the next day with this sense of sheer dread. I don’t think I’ve ever felt that level of confusion since,” she said. “I knew that I’d been raped, but I could not process that. So I put my clothes on and went into autopilot.” Elsewhere, the star opens up on her formative years living as a boy in a compelling exposition of what it feels like to live in the wrong body as a child. In a climate where transphobia is rife, Spraggan breathes life into ‘Max’ on paper with compassion and clarity, urging those with closed minds to be open to learning through a brilliant Ferrero Rocher metaphor. To make it crystal clear, she adds: “I have no doubt that is what I was, by the way. A trans kid.” Over the last decade, many people have told me they are aware of what really happened to me while I was competing on the X Factor in 2012 – some very directly. A journalist from Sheffield sat me down in front of a camera in my dressing room before my show for a “relaxed interview” and in the middle of nonchalant questions about what it’s like on the road, and what bands I’m into at the moment, said, “I heard you were raped and that is the reason you left the show.” A man in a London bar once shook my hand and blurted out the exact same sentence, waiting for my response as if he’d just asked me if I was having a good night. In those moments, the story was more important than the fact that I was a human being.

Then, suddenly, mid-way through the live shows, Lucy dropped out. The public were told Lucy was unwell. Simon Cowell attends the Britain’s Got Talent 2023 Photocall at London Palladium on January 27, 2023. Credit: Shane Anthony Sinclair/Getty To our knowledge, the assault was an event without precedent in the UK television industry. While we believed throughout that we were doing our best to support Lucy in the aftermath of the ordeal, as Lucy thinks we could have done more, we must therefore recognise this. For everything Lucy has suffered, we are extremely sorry." Posting a message on social media a week before the memoir is published, Spraggan described it as “the beginning of a new era” which she felt was “very freeing”. She made it through to the live shows as one of the three female singers selected by mentor Tulisa. In week 4, Spraggan was ill so she automatically got through to week 5. On 3 November, she decided to leave the competition because she felt that it wouldn't be fair to get another free pass to the next round, as she was still too ill to compete. [26] Spraggan later revealed that the real reason why she left the show was that she was raped during the production of the show. [27] Performances on The X Factor [ edit ] Episode