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X Factor finalist Lucy Spraggan: Most of my songs are about the older woman I fell for in America". Now Magazine . Retrieved 5 October 2012. Did she feel that she didn’t match The X Factor’s commercially strategic view of what pop stars should be like? Too right, she did. Was she too niche for such a crowd-pleasing audience? Too right, she was. It is, she admits, a much bigger topic to chat about right now (she goes into it in lengthier detail in her forthcoming memoir, Process), but she says she played the game somewhat more than she might have thought. He said:] ‘Lucy, before you or I say anything else, the first thing I need to tell you is that I am sorry’,” she explained, beginning to get upset (via Metro). “It makes me emotional…because no one else said sorry. He wasn’t even on [the show during] my year – he wasn’t even a judge – and he as a human being gave me everything I needed in two words.” Spraggan was a 20-year-old gigging musician when she was scouted by X Factor producers, and she became the first contestant to perform her own songs and play an instrument. Her audition, a song called Last Night, was the world’s fourth most-watched YouTube video of that year, and she became the UK’s most Googled artist. Elsewhere, the star opens up on her formative years living as a boy in a compelling exposition of what it feels like to live in the wrong body as a child. In a climate where transphobia is rife, Spraggan breathes life into ‘Max’ on paper with compassion and clarity, urging those with closed minds to be open to learning through a brilliant Ferrero Rocher metaphor. To make it crystal clear, she adds: “I have no doubt that is what I was, by the way. A trans kid.”Clark was the first person Spraggan told about what had happened, who advocated for her (and they remain friends today). The police were called by the production team and she was taken to a specialist unit. Thanks to the porter's keycard, an arrest was made, but Spraggan says she felt the production team was "unprepared" to deal with the situation. She wrote: "I woke up the next day with this sense of sheer dread. I don't think I've ever felt that level of confusion since. Spraggan announced her signing to record label Columbia Records in March 2013. Her debut studio album Join the Club was released on 7 October 2013.

We have evolved and improved these oversight procedures since the events in question and we are encouraged to hear that Thames recognises the importance of continuous review and improvement of their own processes. They added that they have since "done our very best to learn lessons from these events and improve our aftercare processes" and while they have worked hard to try and protect Spraggan's lifetime right to anonymity "we applaud her strength and bravery now that she has chosen to waive that right". Speaking about her experience on the show to the BBC, Spraggan explained that from the beginning she felt like she was made into a "caricature" of herself, that it was "almost like there's a storyline written for you", with it constantly reiterated to her it was a huge opportunity. I woke up the next day with this sense of sheer dread,” she said. “I don’t think I’ve ever felt that level of confusion since. I knew that I’d been raped, but I could not process that. So I put my clothes on and went into autopilot.” She also viewed the enforced isolation of the pandemic as generally a positive thing. It afforded her much-needed respite from being an extremely busy touring musician (“it can consume your whole world”) and it enabled her to become much more self-aware (“I hadn’t spent any time doing that”). In turn, her creative development and productivity levels increased.One of my favourite things about this book is the inclusion of song lyrics and where Lucy was in her life when she wrote specific songs. I have loved her music since the beginning but hearing the reasons behind some of the lyrics makes it extra special. Spraggan's seventh studio album, Balance, was released in August 2023. Her autobiography, Process, is due for release in October 2023. In an event of such a distressing nature, welfare and support towards the victim would always be of the utmost priority.”

The X Factor UK (23 September 2012). "Lucy Spraggan's Bootcamp performance - Tea And Toast - The X Factor UK 2012". YouTube . Retrieved 3 May 2019. Sperling, Daniel (22 September 2012). " 'X Factor': Tulisa requests Lucy Spraggan original song at Boot Camp". Digital Spy.Additionally, a spokesperson for Fremantle, the British TV company that produced The X Factor described her experience as “truly horrific” and said that “whilst we believed throughout that we were doing our best to support Lucy in the aftermath of the ordeal, as Lucy thinks we could have done more, we must therefore recognise this.” To our knowledge, the assault was an event without precedent in the UK television industry. While we believed throughout that we were doing our best to support Lucy in the aftermath of the ordeal, as Lucy thinks we could have done more, we must therefore recognise this. For everything Lucy has suffered, we are extremely sorry." Now, music industry mogul and frequent X Factor judge Simon Cowell has shared a statement about her experience on the show, and revealed that he has been in touch with her to offer his support.

Corner, Lewis (29 August 2012). "Little Mix, Rita Ora lead midweek chart". Digital Spy . Retrieved 3 May 2019. Yeah,” I said, and I heard a crash of something being thrown across the room on the other end of the line. Then I heard a noise that sounded like a scene from a wildlife documentary: a primal, guttural cry, the kind that a buffalo makes when it watches helplessly from a distance as a lion kills its young. The line went dead. To our knowledge, the assault was an event without precedent in the UK television industry. Whilst we believed throughout that we were doing our best to support Lucy in the aftermath of the ordeal, as Lucy thinks we could have done more, we must therefore recognise this. Friends and family always try to provide solutions based on what they know about you and what they build their life experiences on, but a good therapist will offer you not necessarily a solution but methods of coping, of thinking, that have been studied for years. They will offer you the ability to reconstruct the way you navigate things, and help you to be less defensive and less reactive, whereas people close to you can often inspire defensiveness and/or reactiveness because they know so much about you!About the Author: Lucy Spraggan shot to fame on the 2012 series of X Factor. Since then, she has gone on to be a hugely successful recording artist. This is her first book. Anstey Spraggan (22 May 2010). "How to survive a stepfamily". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 21 September 2012. Responding to Spraggan’s comments, ITV issued a statement saying: “We have the deepest compassion for Lucy and everything she has endured as a result of this horrific ordeal. We commend her resilience and bravery.