Ray Quinn

Ray Quinn
Contestant Profile
Birth Date	25 August 1988
Age	36
Hometown	Knowsley, Merseyside, England
Occupation	Actor singer
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Category	16-24s
Mentor	Simon Cowell
Placement	Runner-up (2/12)
Gallery

Ray Quinn (born 25 August 1988) is an English jazz singer. He auditioned for Series 3 of The X Factor UK and made it all the way to the final as part of the 16-24s category mentored by Simon Cowell.

He finished as runner-up to fellow category member Leona Lewis.

Performances

Episode	Theme	Song	Result
Audition	Free choice	"Ain't That a Kick in the Head?"	Advanced
Bootcamp 1		"(You're the) Devil in Disguise"	Advanced
Bootcamp 2		"Easy"	Advanced
Judges' houses	Free choice	"Smile"	Advanced
Week 1	Motown	"Ben"	Safe
Week 2	Songs by Rod Stewart	"What a Wonderful World"	Safe
Week 3	Big band	"Ain't That a Kick in the Head?"	Safe
Week 4	Songs by ABBA	"Waterloo"	Safe
Week 5	Love songs	"Crazy Little Thing Called Love"	Bottom two
Week 6	Number ones	"Livin' la Vida Loca"	Safe
Week 7	Songs from the movies	"The Way You Look Tonight"	Safe
		"Jailhouse Rock"
Week 8	Songs by Barry Manilow	"Mandy"	Safe
	Contestant's choice	"My Way"
Week 9: Semi-final	Songs to get you to the final	"Smile"	Safe
		"You'll Never Walk Alone"
Week 10: Final	Favourite performance	"My Way"	Runner-up
	Celebrity duets	"That's Life" (with Westlife)
		"Fly Me to the Moon"
	Winner's single	"A Moment Like This"

Trivia

• He was born on the same day as Series 5 winner Alexandra Burke.
• As a child, he was best-known for portraying bullied schoolboy Anthony Murray on British soap opera Brookside.