Amelia Lily is off The X Factor

Amelia Lily was voted off The X Factor last night, leaving Little Mix and Marcus Collins to battle it out in tonight's final.

Dermot O'Leary announced the result after Michael Bublé, 2006 X Factor winner Leona Lewis, JLS and One Direction all performed as special guests.

First to find out they were safe were Little Mix. The girls screamed with excitement as Amelia and Marcus sweated it out.

Then the Liverpool lad found out he, too, was safe.

A devastated Amelia, 17 - who sang River Deep, Mountain High with mentor Kelly Rowland on the show - watched the highlights of her time on the series and thanked viewers for voting her back in after her early exit.

'This isn't the last of Amelia Lily,' she promised. 'Tonight was the best night of my life.'

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