'Simon never called after X Factor'

  • Author, Natalie Jamieson
  • Role, Newsbeat entertainment reporter

All this week on Newsbeat we'll be looking ahead to the new series of X Factor to find out what happened to some of last year's losing finalists. Scott Bruton, 20, was the third of the 12 finalists to be booted off the show after Bad Lashes and Girlband. He says X Factor's opened up loads of doors for him even though he hasn't heard from Simon Cowell since.

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Image caption, Scott Bruton says the X Factor experience changed his career

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Image caption, Scott says fellow X Factor finalists JLS have been too busy to catch up