X Factor star Sam Black proposes to his girlfriend Emma after bootcamp arena auditions

X Factor contestant Sam Black will be seen getting the most important "Yes" tonight when he proposes to his girlfriend Emma Smith live on stage.

The Sun exclusively revealed that the wannabe singer made the grand gesture after his arena auditions during the bootcamp stage of the show.

In scenes airing tonight, plasterer Sam will be seen performing Del Shannon's Runaway before asking the judges: "Is there something I can do before I go from the stage, because I’m never going to get this chance?"

As Emma comes to join him on stage, the singer gets down on one knee and asks: "Do you reckon I would get a yes off you?"
The hopeful  singer left judges Nicole Scherzinger and Osbourne close to tears with his romantic gesture.

Speaking to about the moment, Emma admitted: "It was one big shock, it was the last thing I was expecting. I was completely overwhelmed.

"He was nervous before the performance and I thought how he had to be nervous for this too. It was very brave of him."

The couple, who met through mutual friends, haven't set a date for the wedding yet but Emma is already on the hunt for a dress.

Sam previously told the judges how their relationship went very fast after she fell pregnant unexpectedly.

Telling the story, Sam recounted how he and Emma were travelling in Thailand when she found out she was pregnant – and now they’re back in the UK and he’s back working as a plasterer.

The pair welcomed their son Mason in 2016 and Sam admitted his arrival meant he had to grow up fast.

However, he didn't give up on his dream and neither did Emma, as it was she, in fact, who signed him up for the show – his first time singing in front of an audience.

"I think she thinks I'm a better singer than I am," he told the cameras before his first audition.

And The Sun Online revealed Sam was so grateful to his girlfriend that he chose propose live on stage during the  show.

“Sam pulled Emma up on stage, dropped to one knee and asked her to marry him,” an onlooker told us.

“She said yes – and Simon gave him the thumbs up.”

The plasterer gave a cheeky wink to his plans before his first audition when he told the cameras that he was going to marry her after checking she couldn't hear him.

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