KIMBERLEY SOUTHWICK

Age: 19

From: Tamworth, West Midlands

Job: Working in her mum and dad's pub

History: Kimberley lives in her parents' pub, The Fox in Tamworth.

She loves country music and regularly performs pub karaoke. She attended Italia Conti for one year but left because she "didn't enjoy it", and has previously performed on Michael Barrymore's My Kind Of People. She recently quit a job at a call centre because she found it boring.

HMV's Gennaro Castaldo says: "Kimberley deserves to be among the finalists, and could do well - especially if she finds her own style to stand out from the others."