| Frankie Cocozza | |
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| Contestant Profile | |
| Birth Date | 17 January 1993 |
| Age | 32 |
| Hometown | Brighton, East Sussex, England |
| Occupation | Singer |
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| Category | Boys |
| Mentor | Gary Barlow |
| Placement | 8/16 |
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Frankie Cocozza (born 17 January 1993) is an English singer. He participated in Series 8 of The X Factor UK as part of the Boys category mentored by Gary Barlow.
He was ejected from the competition after his drug and cocaine abuse, thus finishing in 8th place. This paved the way for Amelia Lily to return after she had been eliminated in Week 1. He was also banned from The X Factor 2011 charity single, CD, and quarter-final live performance, as well as the Sunday Final group performance and reappearance, and The X Factor Live Tour 2012 because of his ejection.
The X Factor[]
Cocozza auditioned for and appeared on the eighth series of The X Factor in 2011. He was put through to the live shows by Gary Barlow in his Boys category (solo males aged 16–24) alongside Marcus Collins, Craig Colton and James Michael. However, on 8 November 2011, Cocozza left the show after breaking competition rules, admitting his life had "gone out of control" while taking part in the show. He later said he was ejected for boasting to production staff about abusing cocaine. He was replaced by Amelia Lily, who was eliminated in the first live show by her mentor Kelly Rowland.
Performances[]
| Episode | Theme | Song | Result |
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| Audition | Free choice | "Valerie" | Advanced |
| Bootcamp 1 | Group performance | "Breakeven" | Advanced |
| Bootcamp 2 | Solo performance | "Iris" | Advanced |
| Judges' houses | Free choice | "What's My Name" | Advanced |
| Week 1 | Britain vs. America | "The A Team" | Saved |
| Week 2 | Love and heartbreak | "The Scientist" | Bottom Two (11th) |
| Save Me songs | "Red" | Saved | |
| Week 3 | Rock | "Rocks" | Safe (7th) |
| Week 4 | Halloween | "Should I Stay or Should I Go" | Safe (8th) |
| Week 5 | Club classics | "I Gotta Feeling" | Safe (6th), but later Ejected (8th) |
Post The X Factor[]
In January 2012, months after leaving The X Factor, Cocozza became a housemate on the ninth series of Celebrity Big Brother. He finished in second place losing out to actress and television presenter Denise Welch.
On 5 November 2012, Cocozza released his debut EP online, which reached No. 19 on iTunes. "She's Got a Motorcycle" was released as a single, with an accompanying video posted to YouTube. The music video shows Cocozza riding a motorcycle towards a wall of fire. The single reached number 89 in the UK chart.
On 21 April 2013, Cocozza released his second EP to iTunes, titled Embrace which failed to chart Five months later, on 13 September 2013, Cocozza and his band The Telescreen announced through their official PledgeMusic site that they were planning to release a debut studio album set to launch early 2014 if funding succeeded. On 26 February 2014, Cocozza released his band's debut single "Kids" online.
Discography[]
Extended plays/EPs[]
| Title | Album details |
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| The Motorcycle |
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| Embrace |
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Singles[]
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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| UK | UK Indie Breakers | |||
| 2012 | "She's Got a Motorcycle" | 89 | 17 | The Motorcycle |
| 2013 | "Catastrophic Casanova" | — | — | |
| "Embrace" | — | — | Embrace | |
Trivia[]
During his 3rd live show performance, Frankie was grinding with one of the rock dancers - with her shaking her ass on his groin, This caused controversy due to parents not wanting their children to watch such behaviour on a family show.
| UK Series 8 Finalists | |||
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| Amelia Lily • Craig Colton • Frankie Cocozza • James Michael • Janet Devlin • Johnny Robinson • Jonjo Kerr • Kitty Brucknell • Little Mix • Marcus Collins • Misha B • Nu Vibe • Sami Brookes • Sophie Habibis • The Risk • 2 Shoes | |||
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