'X Factor' reject to face Cowell again?

Emma Chawner has made it through three rounds of X Factor auditions after being booted out in the last series.

Judge Simon Cowell blasted the teenager for her performance of Celine Dion's 'My Heart Will Go On' last year, saying she sang "like a baby" and mocking the dress made by her dad Philip.

Her mother, father and older sister then barged into the judges' room and demanded an explanation for his remarks.

However, the singer has appeared on TV and radio several times since the last series, and has had months of singing lessons to improve her voice.

She told The Sun: "Loads of people recognised me at the auditions and wanted to have their pictures taken with me. I've done lots of singing since the show... I've been on Radio One with Atomic Kitten."

Talking about her family's behaviour in 2007, the 18-year-old added: "That was all a bit of a fix. Dad will be coming with me for support this time round but he says he's strictly going to keep in the background and not say anything."