Beats answering the phone for five minutes!

Workers at a Preston call centre took time out to watch a teenage X Factor finalist perform.

Janet Devlin, 17, from County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, appeared in the canteen of Talk Talk, Balcarres Road, Ashton, yesterday.

Dressed in burgundy tights, denim shorts, a jumper and Dr Martens boots, the youngster sang four songs including her X Factor audition ‘Your Song’ by Elton John and ‘Cosmic Love’ by Florence and the Machine.

Before performing her first song, ‘Sleeping Sickness’ by Canadian singer Dallas Green, during which she played the guitar, Janet said: “Probably no-one has ever heard of it but that’s my music unfortunately.”

She also sang ‘I Don’t Love You’ by My Chemical Romance and signed autographs for fans.

Linzi Gallacher, 32, from Ingol, and Natalie Salisbury, 27, from Ashton, were among the dozens of staff who watched the performance.

Linzi said: “She’s got a good voice, it’s original. I thought it was really good.”

Natalie said: “It’s a good opportunity to see someone you probably wouldn’t get to see. She has got a unique voice. I really liked the last song (Cosmic Love) and the audition song.”

Janet was the fourth X Factor finalist the pair had seen perform at the call centre, following Diana Vickers, Jamie ‘Afro’ Archer and Paije Richardson.

Speaking after leaving the show on Sunday, Janet said: “What I sing and what music I like is not the X Factor. What I bring to my own music is the music that I like, which is quite underground.”

Source: LEP.co.uk

The singer said her exit was “not some huge bloody deal”. She added: “It’s not the end of life. Music never stops.”

The teenager, from Omagh, Northern Ireland, said her creativity had been stifled on TV and claimed she had held back her real talent because she was saving it for fans who came to her gigs.

She said: “I wish we would get more of an opportunity to be musicians and express our artistry.”

Janet, who was accused of being too predictable by Gary Barlow, claimed the music she preferred was too alternative for the show. “What I bring is the music that I like, which is quite underground,” she said.

Student Janet forgot the words to the Hanson’s Nineties’ hit MMMBop on Saturday, claiming she felt sick. Her second song — Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Under The Bridge — was not enough to save her from the axe on Sunday.

More than 14million viewers watched Sunday’s results show.

Source: TheSun.co.uk

Janet recently went back to Ireland for the Omagh Christmas Lights switch-on. She also did an exclusive interview with an Irish interviewer at her own house. Be sure to check it out above.

Janet ‘The Devlinator’ Devlin finally met her match on Sunday’s X Factor. After coming a cropper with Hanson’s ‘MMMBop’ in Guilty Pleasures week, the Northern Irish teenager was given the chop by the judges last night (November 27).

One of 2011′s most popular X Factor acts as well as one of the most divisive, Digital Spy caught up with Janet to discuss her musical tastes, her excitement at leaving the reality show and her real feelings for Kelly Rowland.

You said last night that you were excited about leaving the show. Do you still feel like that?
“Yeah, I’m really excited. Now is really the future, isn’t it? You’ve got to start working hard and begin building your own future now.”

Jessie J suggested last night that it was the right time for you to leave because the show wasn’t suiting your style. Do you agree with that?
“Yes, I think the week that I’ve left, week 8, is brilliant. I’ve had enough time to get my name out and it’s been a great platform. But it also means that I might not always be associated with The X Factor and that I can get my music across and people can appreciate it without thinking of the association with a TV show. Hopefully, people will think of me as my own person.”

Was it hard for you to blend together your alternative musical taste and style with appearing on X Factor?
“It was hard for me in the sense that the songs I like aren’t pop. They are either rock or underground, folk or unheard of. Whenever your favourite songs are like that it’s quite hard because you can’t sing any of them. You have to understand when you’re on a show like that you have to sing songs that are known. People at home don’t want to be bored to death by songs they don’t even know. You’ve got to do what you’ve got to do and I’ve still done songs that I like and that’s alright.”

Were you pleased that for your last Saturday performance you got to sing a song by one of your favourite bands?
“Definitely, my last live performances being Chili Peppers and Snow Patrol was the perfect way to leave in my opinion.”
You probably weren’t even born when ‘MMMBop’ was out first time. Is it really a guilty pleasure of yours?
“[laughs] It is a guilty pleasure song of mine. I think it’s a lot of people’s guilty pleasure song even if they won’t admit it. It’s a bop-able song and I enjoyed it. And I even enjoyed the fact that I messed up my lyrics. It just kind of showed that I’m a human being. Everyone makes mistakes and I’m not a robot. I can’t just go out there and be perfect. I’m not perfect, I’ve never claimed to be. And I’ve never claimed to have the X Factor either, you know.”

Did you have to stand up for yourself when it came to song choices?
“Yeah, I’ve had numerous little run-ins. It wasn’t even run-ins. It was just having to sit down and talk it through. This song I don’t want to do, this song doesn’t suit me. It was just things like that. That’s why I have absolutely no regrets now about anything that I did. I’m not unhappy about my songs and I never felt uncomfortable about anything I was doing and I think that’s important.”

The press claimed that you were isolated by Kelly. Was that true?
“It was the press who decided that, because that’s really not true. They like to make up their own little stories, don’t they?”

What was your relationship with Kelly like?
“My relationship with Kelly and the other girls was great. I am a bit of a loner, so I know I can be quite hard to talk to, but the other girls always made an effort with me and were really nice and I’m really grateful for that and their company in the house. I’m incredibly grateful for Kelly giving me this opportunity. She didn’t have to. She could have got rid of me at Judges’ Houses and let me go.”

Do you think she may have favoured Misha and Amelia by the end, though?
“She didn’t favour them. There are things like connections with people. She connected with Misha because they are more similar music-wise than I ever will be with Kelly. People have confused that with favouritism. There is a line. I can get on with someone because I share similar music taste. Music is such a big part of people’s lives and my life, I can connect with people through that. But me and Kelly had a different sort of connection. We connected on a personal level. And that was totally fine.”

Courtney Love tweeted you last week. Did that feel a bit surreal?
“Oh yeah, that was amazing. I am going to confess though, I would never sing a Nirvana song on this show. I wouldn’t have wanted Kurt Cobain to be turning in his grave. You have to understand I respect him so much, so I wouldn’t do that. I kind of hated myself for singing a Chili Peppers song. That song is brilliant, it deserves the right to be played in all five minutes of its glory. To cut it down on Saturday actually killed me, it disgusted me. It actually hurt me to sing it.”

Will you be putting a band together now you’ve left the show?
“I can see myself in a band. I would want to audition for a good band and find some people that I have a real connection with, because I think you need that relationship when it comes to songwriting. But you know, I want to do my own thing. This show has given me a great opportunity now to do all the things that I want to do.”

The Devlinator fans have been incredibly supportive. What’s it been like to have those guys backing you every week?
“It’s amazing. They let me get to week eight and that was so huge. I’m so chuffed that they’ve been there all that way. I would have been a tad disappointed if they’d voted me through this week, I won’t lie. I totally didn’t deserve to get through. I told people backstage that if I wasn’t in the bottom two, I wouldn’t be happy. I was totally deserving of being in the bottom two and I was glad my fanbase didn’t vote.”

Who’s going to win?
“Top two in my head are Marcus and Little Mix. But whoever wins doesn’t matter, because both those two have a great work ethic and they’re really deserving. The girls are lovely and Marcus is lovely.”

What was your X Factor highlight?
“I didn’t have a real highlight moment. The best thing for me was sitting down on a Monday, picking the songs and working on how the backing track should sound, what instruments should be used. To work on the vibe of songs was totally amazing for me. It felt like I was in a recording studio every Monday. I loved that. That’s something I’ll miss.”

We know you didn’t get to sing some of your favourite songs, but who are your favourite musical acts?
“Erm, God, I hate thinking of artists off the top of my head in case I forget one. I’d say Warpaint, City and Colour, Beirut, Wild Beasts, there’s this Italian band that are amazing. Things that people probably haven’t heard of.”

Source: DigitalSpy.co.uk

X Factor judge Kelly Rowland was forced to wave goodbye to one of her “star” girls, as both Misha B and Janet Devlin were placed in the bottom two.

The Destiny’s Child singer broke down into tears as the show’s host Dermot O’Leary asked her to make a decision between her girls. Unable to choose, Kelly abstained from voting, forcing Janet Devlin out of the competition.

Choking up Kelly said: “I know how great these two young ladies are… Janet I know how much you want it… I absolutely love you and adore you.”

She continued: “To be honest I can’t make this decision… I have to pass it”, meaning the decision of who was to leave the show was based on Louis and Tulisa’s majority vote, which was to send flame-haired Janet home.

However, Kelly seemed more upset about the outcome than Janet, who – after hearing the news she was being axed – said: “I can’t wait to get out of this show and work on my music.”

Kelly congratulated her, and said: “Her first audition will go down in history as one of the most show-stopping ever… everyone needs to keep a look out for this girl, she’s a star.”

Janet sang Snow Patrol’s Chasing Cars in the sing-off, returning to her previous level of performance that wowed the judges in her first audition.

However, her departure was partially expected tonight after she was slated by the judges on Saturday’s show. Gary Barlow called her first song a “real mess” after she sang Hanson’s classic Mmmbop and forgot her words.

Misha B, however, received great applause for her breathtaking performance of Killing Me Softly during guilty pleasures and heroes week.

The remaining acts through to next week’s semi-final are now Amelia Lily, Misha B, Gary Barlow’s remaining boy Marcus Collins and Tulisa’s reaming act Little Mix.

Also on tonight’s show, Olly Murs performed with the Muppets and Jessie J put in a powerful performance of her ballad Who You Are, she told Dermot afterwards singing on X Factor is “emotional”.

Can it get any hotter than this? JLS, One Direction AND this year’s Finalists create an X Factor dream team for this year’s charity single. See X Factor’s finest smash Wishing On A Star then rush out to buy it/ download it as all proceeds go to young people’s charity, Together For Short Lives. Go on! What are you waiting for?!

Performing a classic song from one of her all-time musical heroes the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Janet Devlin is determined to do them proud. Stepping out on stage she’s ready to rock and be true to herself and the music she loves.

There’s one thing every X Factor Finalist dreams of, and that’s singing with one of their musical heroes. On our latest Finalist Cam, Janet Devlin tells of her personal OMG moment performing with Bryan Adams. And if that’s not enough for you – we’ve exclusive rehearsal footage too.

Matt Cardle says he thinks X Factor sapped his creativity, following Janet Devlin’s comments the show turned her into a “karaoke singer”.

Janet had a couple of public appearances last week, she went back to Ireland to switch on the Christmas lights in Omagh and appeared on DayBreak on Friday. I uploaded 39 high quality photos to the gallery. Be sure to check them out.

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Public Appearances > TV Appearances > 2011 > DayBreak [25th November]
Public Appearances > Events > 2011 > At the Christmas Lights switch-on in Omagh [23rd November]