Paije Richardson

Paije Richardson
Contestant Profile
Birth Date	15 November 1990
Age	33
Hometown	Islington, London, England
Occupation	Cinema usher
7
Category	Boys
Mentor	Dannii Minogue
Placement	8/16
Gallery

Paije Richardson (born 15 November 1990) is an English singer. He participated in Series 7 of The X Factor UK as part of the Boys category mentored by Dannii Minogue. He was eliminated from the competition in Week 7, finishing in 8th place after losing the sing-off to Cher Lloyd.

Performances

Episode	Theme	Song	Result
Audition 1	Free choice	"Fly Me to the Moon"	Told to come back
Audition 2	Free choice	"It's a Man's Man's Man's World"	Advanced
Bootcamp 1	Group performance	"Man in the Mirror"	Advanced
Bootcamp 2	Solo performance	"Make You Feel My Love"	Advanced
Judges' houses	Free choice	"True Colors"	Advanced
Week 1	Number one singles	"Killing Me Softly"	Safe
Week 2	Heroes	"If I Ain't Got You"	Safe
Week 3	Guilty Pleasures	"Ain't Nobody"	Safe
Week 4	Halloween	"Back to Black"	Safe
Week 5	American anthems	"I'm a Believer" / "Hey Ya!"	Safe
Week 6	Songs by Elton John	"Crocodile Rock"	Safe
Week 7	Songs by The Beatles	"Let It Be"	Bottom two
	Save Me songs	"Stop!"	Eliminated (8th)

Post The X Factor

In April 2012, he unveiled his debut single "Bang Bang", which was released in July of that year. His debut album, funded via Pledgemusic, was released in September.

In December 2018, he made an appearance at Capital FM's Jingle Bell Ball as a replacement for Craig David on the Sigala track "Ain't Giving Up On You".

Trivia

• In Week 7, Richardson received more public votes than Lloyd. This meant that if the result went to deadlock, Richardson would have advanced to the quarter-final and Lloyd would have been eliminated.