'Destined to be on X Factor'
July 29th, 2010‘Destined to be on X Factor’
0 Comments | South Wales Evening Post, May 26, 2010 | by LAURA DAVIES
A GROUP of musical psychics are hoping X Factor success is written in the stars.
Heaven Scent, a group of four professional and trainee mediums and clairvoyants, are chanelling their spiritual powers to see if the hit reality show will pick them to sing in front of the judges in July.
They’ve already been successful in a number of auditions in front of show producers and now the quartet — made up of Emma Crowley, 25, and her mum Jane, of Alexandra Road, Loughor, along with Sue Lake, 55, of Rosewood Avenue, Baglan, Port Talbot, and Austin Charles, 28, of Falcon Drive, Cimla, Neath — are hoping for success.
Emma, who is learning to read tarot cards, said the friends only registered online for the competition within five minutes of closing.
She said: “Sue and Austin are fans of X Factor and we were all together when an alert on Facebook came up to say there was only five minutes to audition.
“We decided to form our own group called Heaven Scent.
“We had a reply saying our place had been secured and we thought if we were going to do it we had to have a reason — so we decided to audition for charity.” The group decided to support the William Aldridge Foundation — a charity set up in tribute to the soldier who was one of the youngest to be killed in Afghanistan last July.
They also decided to support charity Troops Relief and hope their X Factor experience would raise the profile of both charities.
And the group certainly made an impact when they hit the auditions at Cardiff.
The former Bishop Vaughan pupil said: “We wore khaki outfits with the charities’ logos on and took up a collection bucket.
“We got through three rounds and are now waiting to find out if we will get to the live audition and sing in front of Simon Cowell and the rest of the judges.”
The group managed to raise Pounds 60 at their audition and are now hoping they will get to the next stage on July 2. And professional medium Austin is already getting signs that they are through.
Emma said: “Austin keeps seeing images of us singing in front of Simon Cowell and he is smirking but likes us.
“He can see us going through to boot camp.
“We were destined to enter the competition and it has been a brilliant experience so far.”
A charity evening will be held at the Four Winds in Port Talbot on Tuesday at 7.30pm.
The evening of clairvoyants with Austin Charles will raise money for the William Aldridge Foundation.
It costs Pounds 7 including chicken and chips.
Emma added: “If people are lucky they may even get to see us sing our X Factor song in the interval.” .Tickets are available from the Four Winds, ATC and Psychic Beauty in West Street or by calling 07891 027 390.
. laura.davies@swwmedia.co.uk