Grace Davies

Grace Davies
Contestant Profile
Birth Date	1 February 1997
Age	28
Hometown	Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Occupation	Singer-Songwriter Factory disc packer
14
Category	Girls
Mentor	Sharon Osbourne
Placement	Runner-up (2/16)
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Grace Davies (born 1 February 1997) is an English singer-songwriter and factory disc packer from Blackburn, Lancashire who participated in Series 14 of The X Factor being mentored by Sharon Osbourne in the Girls category.

Due to the eliminations of Alisah Bonaobra, Rai-Elle Williams and Holly Tandy, she was the last act remaining in her category.  She finished as runner-up to boy band Rak-Su who were mentored by Simon Cowell in the Groups category.

The X Factor

In Davies' first audition for The X Factor, she performed an original song titled "Roots", and received four yes votes from the judges. She was mentored by Sharon Osbourne, along with fellow acts Alisah Bonaobra, Holly Tandy and Rai-Elle Williams. She was voted the winner of the Prize Fight in week 1 against Rak-Su, winning a trip to New York and a meet and greet with Pink at Madison Square Garden. Following the eliminations of Bonaobra in week 6 and Tandy and Williams in Week 8, Davies became Osbourne's last remaining act in the competition. She made the final on the weekend of 2 December 2017, alongside Kevin Davy White and Rak-Su. After Davy White was eliminated on Saturday's show, she was in the top two with Rak-Su and finished as the runner-up.

Performances

Episode	Theme	Song	Result
Audition	Free choice	"Roots"	Advanced
Bootcamp 1	Group performance	"Say You Won't Let Go"	Advanced
Bootcamp 2	Solo performance	"Don't Go"	Advanced
Six Chair Challenge	No Theme	"Do It Better"	Advanced
Judges' houses	Free choice	"More Than You"	Advanced
Week 1	Express Yourself	"Too Young"	Safe (1st)
			Winner
Week 2	Viva Latino	"Ciao Adios"	Safe
Week 3	George Michael	"I Can't Make You Love Me"	Safe
Week 4	Crazy In Love	"Hesitate"	Safe (1st)
			Runner-Up
Week 5: Semi-final	Cool Britannia	"Life on Mars"	Safe
	Get Me to the Final	"Wolves"	Safe
Week 6: Final	No Theme	"Live and Let Die"	Safe
	Celebrity Duets/Winner's Single	"Roots" (with Paloma Faith)
	Song to Win	"Nothing But Words"	Runner-up
	Song of the Series	"Too Young"

Post-The X Factor

Eight days later in spite of not winning the show she confirmed on Twitter that she had been offered a record deal, but did not mention which label she had signed with. It was later confirmed that the deal was with Syco Music.

On January 30, 2020 Grace released her debut single 'Invisible' and announced her debut EP titled 'Friends with the Tragic' which was released on 26 June 2020.

In September of 2020 Davies was left as an independent artist after SYCO Music shut down.

In October 2021, Davies released 'roots' from her sophomore EP 'I wonder if you wonder'

In October 2022, Davies released her third and final EP 'It wasn't perfect... But we tried'.

In 2024 Grace won a competition to support Anne-Marie and Shania Twain at BST Hyde Park where she would tease three unreleased songs from her upcoming debut album

In 2024, Davies released the first two singles from her debut album 'The Wrong Side of 25' A Wonderful, Boring, Normal Life and Another Night

In early 2025, Davies released her next two singles 'Do or Die' and 'MDE'

On May 23, 2025 Davies released hit single 'Super Love Me' and also announced her debut album 'The Wrong Side of 25' announced there would be 15 tracks and would release on 11 July 2025.

Trivia

• It has been reported in the media that she shares an apartment with Series 8 finalist Janet Devlin.
• In July of 2025, Davies will release the first album of an X factor 2017 contestant.