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Shan Ako
Contestant Profile
Birth Date 17 January 1993
Age 32
Hometown Croydon, South London, England
Occupation Session singer

15

Category Girls
Mentor Simon Cowell
Placement 7/16
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Shan Ako is an English session singer from Croydon, South London who competed in Series 15 of The X Factor as part of the Girls category mentored by Simon Cowell.

She made it to the quarter finals where she was eliminated after losing the sing-off to Acacia & Aaliyah, thus finishing in 7th place.

Performances[]

Episode Theme Song Result
Audition Free choice "Never Enough" Advanced
Six Chair Challenge "A Song for You" Advanced
Judges' Houses "Get Back" (original song) Advanced
Week 1 This Is Me "Imagine" Safe
Week 2 Guilty Pleasures "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" Safe
Week 3 Fright Night "The Sound of Silence" Safe
Week 4 Movies "Never Enough" Safe
Week 5 Big Band "Summertime" Bottom three
Sing-off "Rise Up" Eliminated (7th)


UK Series 15 Finalists
Acacia & AaliyahAnthony RussellArmstrong MartinsBella PenfoldBrendan MurrayDalton HarrisDanny TetleyGiovanni SpanoJanice RobinsonLMA ChoirMisunderstoodMolly ScottOlatunji YearwoodScarlett LeeShan AkoUnited Vibe