X Factor’s Honey G reveals she’s looking for love as she returns to show after being ‘cruelly’ booted off in Six-Chair Challenge
Viewers saw her leave the show after failing to impress judges - only to be given a reprieve when an act was forced to quit
SHE has become one of the most memorable X Factor contestants ever, with her trademark shades and baseball cap.
Now Anna Gilford, better known as rapper HONEY G, has revealed she is looking for love — and a new job through the show.
Last night, viewers saw her cruelly booted off in the brutal Six-Chair Challenge — only to be given a reprieve when SHARON OSBOURNE’s act Ivy Grace Paredes was forced to quit over visa issues.
I sat down with the larger-than-life hopeful, who runs an IT recruitment firm, just hours after her Judges’ Houses audition at Sharon’s Beverly Hills mansion.
She told me she’s hoping the show will save her from a bleak future battling to keep her company in business.
Honey said: “I run a small business and I really don’t enjoy running my business.
“It’s not doing very well and I’m in debt with the tax man so I am looking for a way out for my life at the moment.
“I don’t really see myself as a straight-laced businesswomen or anything like that. That’s not really me — and that’s not what I want to be.
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“I only do my job because I’ve got to pay bills. And I do it because I don’t have anything else to do.
“I’m basically looking for a route so that I can launch my career as a rap music artist, as a recording artist, as someone who can sell records.”
As well as having her eye on a new career, Honey is also looking to settle down.
Entertaining
She explained: “I’m single and I’m looking for love, for someone to share my life with. I want to start a family.
“I want to find a long-term partner before I decide to have kids and stuff.
“I am looking for that special someone.”
SIMON COWELL told me he thought Sharon was mad not to give Honey a seat to begin with, and I completely agree.
She is one of the most entertaining contestants on this year’s show.
Honey, from North West London, discovered dance music when she started raving at the age of 14.
She went on to become a DJ, launching her own club night, and earned a degree in popular music and recording from Salford University.
Now she wants to use music as a platform to share her views on issues close to her heart.
She said: “I’m not JAY Z, I’m not DRAKE, I’m not LIL WAYNE, I’m not MISSY ELLIOTT. . . I’m Honey G.
“I find it a lot easier to express myself as Honey G because I can express my thoughts in my tracks.
“I can address topics that need to be addressed.”
She can certainly do that.
Fab four saved by judges
FOUR lucky acts have been handed wildcard lifelines after they failed to land seats during this weekend’s brutal Six-Chair Challenge.
I can reveal NICOLE SCHERZINGER picked Finnish singer Saara Aalto to go through to SHARON OSBOURNE’s Overs category.
During her first audition, Nicole gave her a standing ovation and joked that her backside wanted to clap her.
She will also hear Scottish singer Ryan Lawrie again in her Boys category in the south of France after SIMON COWELL sent him through with his wildcard pick.
The music mogul has previously called Ryan “a natural” and compared his first audition to when Simon initially saw HARRY STYLES of ONE DIRECTION on the show.
Ryan has been performing since his teens and has sung in front of thousands at Capital FM’s Summertime Ball at Wembley Stadium.
LOUIS WALSH saved teen Samantha Lavery after her awful audition saw her lose her seat on Saturday night’s Six-Chair Challenge.
He previously said Samantha “ticked every box” during her first performance and now she has to impress Simon at his house in LA while competing against the others in the Girls category.
Boyband Yes Lad were picked by Sharon, who liked them from their first audition. They will perform in front of Louis at his Ibiza villa.
They will be hoping he doesn’t say: “No, lads.”
House music artists
AFTER a fiery Six-Chair Challenge, the remaining acts now enter the dragon’s den of Judges’ Houses.
SIMON COWELL and SHARON OSBOURNE both flew to LA where they’ll pick three acts each from their Girls and Overs categories.
Simon was joined by MEL B and Sharon roped in ROBBIE WILLIAMS to help.
LOUIS WALSH headed to Ibiza with FLEUR EAST and ALESHA DIXON to whittle down the Groups. And NICOLE SCHERZINGER was joined by
DJ CALVIN HARRIS in France to cast their eyes over the Boys.
I will be bringing you exclusive stories direct from their houses all this week.
Sharon and the Overs
Janet Grogan, Ivy Grace Paredes (who was forced to quit), Samantha Atkinson, Christopher Peyton, Relley C, James Wilson and wildcard Saara Aalto
Nicole and the boys
Christian Burrows, Matt Terry, Freddy Parker, James Hughes, Niall Sexton, Nate Simpson and wildcard Ryan Lawrie
Simon and the Girls
Soheila Clifford, Olivia Garcia, Caitlyn Vanbeck, Gifty Louise, Kayleigh Marie Morgan, Emily Middlemas and wildcard Samantha Lavery
Louis and the Groups
The Brooks, Skarl3t, Ottavio and Bradley, 4 of Diamonds, 5am, Tom and Laura and wildcard Yes Lad