Rylan Clark

Rylan Clark
Contestant Profile
Birth Date	25 October 1988
Age	36
Hometown	Stepney, London, UK
Occupation	Former actor Singer Presenter Television personality Model
9
Category	Boys
Mentor	Nicole Scherzinger
Placement	5/13
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Ross Richard "Rylan" Clark-Neal (née Clark, born 25 October 1988) is an English singer. He auditioned for Series 9 of The X Factor UK and made it all the way to the quarter final as part of the Boys category mentored by Nicole Scherzinger.

He was eliminated in the quarter-final, finishing in 5th place after losing the sing-off to Union J.  

Performances

Episode	Theme	Song	Result
Audition	Free choice	"Kissing You"	Advanced
Bootcamp 1	Group performance	"Respect"	Advanced
Bootcamp 2	Solo performance	"Don't Cha"	Advanced
Judges' houses	Free choice	"We Found Love"	Advanced
Week 1	Heroes night	"Gold"	Bottom two
	Save Me songs	"One Night Only"	Saved
Week 2	Love and heartbreak	"Back for Good" / "Groove Is in the Heart" / "Gangnam Style" / "Pump Up the Jam"	Safe
Week 3	Club classics	"On the Floor" / "Don't Stop the Music" / "I See You Baby"	Safe
Week 4	Halloween	"Toxic" / "Horny '98" / "Poison"	Safe
Week 5	Number-ones	"Hung Up" / "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"	Bottom two
	Save Me songs	"Kissing You"	Saved
Week 6	Best of British	"Say You'll Be There" / "Who Do You Think You Are" / "Wannabe" / "Spice Up Your Life"	Safe
Week 7	Guilty pleasures	"Girls on Film" / "When Will I Be Famous?"	Safe
Week 8	Songs by ABBA	"Mamma Mia"	Bottom two
	Motown songs	"Baby Love"/ "Stop! In the Name of Love" / "You Keep Me Hangin' On"
	Save Me songs	"Wires"	Eliminated (5th)

Trivia

• Presenter Dermot O'Leary has cited Rylan's breakdown at Judges' Houses upon finding out he was going through to the live shows as his all-time favourite moment from that part of the show.