Di shows her relief after surviving X Factor

X Factor hopeful Diana Vickers smiled with relief as she headed back to the contestants' house after getting through the latest show. The 17-year-old, who had missed a week because of laryngitis, gave a mediocre performance on Saturday, according to the judges, but still won over the public.

Factored in: Diana Vickers outside the X Factor house

She held her head in her hands in despair after singing Coldplay's Yellow and Dannii Minogue said: "I didn't love that song for you." Simon Cowell told her: "I don't think you are well enough. That vocal was off in parts and you knew it, I can see it in your face." But he said he had "missed her" the week before.

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