Paul Ackister

Paul Akister (born 1989) is a pub singer from Lancaster, Lancashire. He reached judges' houses in 2013, but Walsh sent him home.[3] He has revealed that Stevie Wonder or Usher would be his dream duet.[1]

Akister was eliminated in The X Factor week 5, after ending up in the bottom two with Jay James. The vote was deadlocked and Akister was revealed to have received the fewest public votes. He finished in 9th place.[4