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The Glaswegian also performed in front of 80,000 at Capital’s Summertime Ball
THE X Factor is facing claims of being a fix today after it emerged that contestant Ryan Lawrie is a signed artist who performed at this year’s Summertime Ball.
The 20-year-old from Glasgow also beat Adele to a chart position in iTunes with his debut single in 2013.
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X Factor contestant Ryan Lawrie is already a signed artist with a chart single to his name
He wrote the song, called ‘You’re Free’ for a terminally ill girl who asked him to pen one for her but she sadly died before he wrote it.
He raised around £1600 in proceeds from sales of the single and donated it to Yorkhill Children’s Foundation and it got to 39 in the charts.
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He auditioned for the judges on the first episode of the new series last night
At the time, he said: “I just looked at the chart and thought, ‘How can my name be sitting between Justin Bieber and David Guetta?’”
Ryan was signed to Tutrax Record, an independent label based in Glasgow, and went on to join boy band Exposure who he toured the UK twice with.
He even has his own YouTube and Wikipedia page and his Twitter page profile boast that he was the “Opening act at The Capital Summertime Ball 2016”.
Viewers saw Ryan perform on last night’s episode as he auditioned for judges Simon Cowell, Nicole Scherzinger, Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh.
X Factor contestant Ryan Lawrie played this years Summertime BallBall
He sang Cecilia by The Vamps and made it through to the boot camp stage with three “yesses” as Louis praised his “good audition” and “strong voice”.
Nicole thought he was “super cute”, but Simon wasn’t keen on the performance and told him it wasn’t the best song choice.
X Factor contestant Ryan Lawrie's pop video for If Only
He said: “I think you have a good energy, I think you have potential. That was not a great song choice though. But you are good”.
The Sun Online has contacted The X Factor for comment.
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