Ella Henderson

Ella Henderson
Contestant Profile
Birth Date	12 January 1996
Age	28
Hometown	Tetney, Lincolnshire, UK
Occupation	Former student Singer-songwriter Pianist
9
Category	Girls
Mentor	Tulisa Contostavlos
Placement	6/13
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Gabriella Michelle "Ella" Henderson (born 12 January 1996) is an English singer. She participated in Series 9 of The X Factor UK as part of the Girls category mentored by Tulisa Contostavlos.

Due to the withdrawal of Lucy Spraggan and the elimination of Jade Ellis, Henderson was the only act left in her category. She was eliminated from the competition in Week 7, finishing in 6th place after losing the sing-off to James Arthur.

Performances

Episode	Theme	Song	Result
Audition	Free choice	"Missed"	Advanced
		"Midnight Train to Georgia"
Bootcamp 2	Solo performance	"Believe"	Advanced
Judges' houses	Free choice	"I Won't Give Up"	Advanced
Week 1	Heroes night	"Rule the World"	Safe (3rd)
Week 2	Love and heartbreak	"Lovin' You"	Safe (4th)
Week 3	Club classics	"You Got the Love"	Safe (3rd)
Week 4	Halloween	"Bring Me to Life"	Safe (6th)
Week 5	Number-ones	"Firework"	Safe (5th)
Week 6	Best of British	"Written in the Stars"	Safe (4th)
Week 7	Guilty pleasures	"You're the One That I Want"	Bottom two
	Sing-off	"If You're Not the One"	Eliminated (6th)

Post The X Factor

Just before Christmas 2012, she confirmed that she had signed a deal with Syco Music.  She is most famous for her 2014 UK #1 and US Top 20 single "Ghost", which was part of her UK #1 and US Top 20 debut album "Chapter One". She has toured with Gary Barlow and James Arthur, as well as Rudimental, and after being dropped Syco in 2018, with her second album still unreleased, joined the latter's label.

Discography

Albums

• Chapter One (2014)

Singles

As lead artist

• Ghost (2014)
• Glow (2014)
• Yours (2014)
• Mirror Man (2015)

As featured artist

• Glitterball (with Sigma)
• Here For You (with Kygo)
• Bridge Over Troubled Water (part of Artists for Grenfell)

Trivia

• She is related to Series 1 finalist Verity Keays. The latter is a cousin of one of her parents.
• Following her performance of Cher's 'Believe' at Bootcamp, the singer herself took to Twitter to praise her rendition.
• Her elimination was seen as highly controversial since both Christopher Maloney and Rylan Clark had been voted safely through to the quarter-finals and as a result odds on Maloney winning the show were slashed and there were also calls for it to be cancelled. Presenter Dermot O'Leary claimed that her exit was the biggest shock up to that point in his time as presenter and called her the most talented singer he had seen on the show.