Andrea Faustini

Andrea Faustini (born 1994) is a Italian student[5] who was studying Chinese and Korean.[6] He came all the way from Rome to audition for the show.[7] He has said that Spice Girls would be his dream duet.[1] at the age of 13 he won the Italian variety show Ti lascio una canzone.[8]

With the eliminations of Jake Quickenden in week 3 of The X Factor, Jack Walton in week 4 and Paul Akister in week 5, Faustini became Mel B's last remaining act in the competition. He was in the bottom two with Stevi Ritchie in week 7, but was saved after only Cowell voted to send him home.[9] He was once again in the bottom two in week 9, this time with Lauren Platt. He was saved for a second time after only Fernandez-Versini voted to send him home.[10] After reaching the final, he finished in third place in the competition.