Rachel Lester, the X Factor legend, has appeared in photos for the first time in years following her incredible audition.
Before Simon Cowell dubbed her “vile” after her hair-raising rendition of Sheena Easton’s Sugar Walls, Rachel proudly claimed she “did nothing for a living” because she was “lazy.” In 2007, she quickly became a favorite. After Rachel accused the judges, which included Sharon Osbourne, Louis Walsh and Dannii Minogue of “licking each other’s a***s”, she was asked escorted out of the studio, never to be seen again.
However, The Archbishop of Banterbury’s Instagram account recently spotted her smiling for a photo that appeared on an Instagram update. Rachel smiles in the photo while still sporting her iconic dark eye shadow, stowed in a silver coat and a slew of fur hoods against the cold.
The photo is captioned: “Rachel Lester from X Factor circa 2007 spotted in 2025”. Referencing the singer’s sassy statement when she was asked by Sharon if she had an singing experience, it continued: “She’s been singing all her life, all around the towns and everything”.
Some 18 years after her audition, Rachel doesn’t seem to have let Simon’s comments bother her after the media mogul accused the plucky punter of being “everything I wouldn’t want” when she chanced her arm on the show. When Sharon asked her she had any singing experience, Rachel quipped she’d been ‘ singing all her life’. However, Simon blasted the rendition after performing her song and claiming it was a ten out of ten and that she could sing it better than Madonna.
He hailed her “vile” and her performance “the worst”, adding: “Everything I wouldn’t want, lazy, deluded, very little talent”. Rachel hit back and said that the judges “lick each other’s f*****g arses, all to get where you want to f*****g be”.
Her audition still circulates on social media, which tickles fans who love the star’s distinctive facial expressions. Sharon Osbourne also recreated the iconic X Factor moment from her London appearance at Taylor Swift’s show in August.
One enthralled fan asked the Osbournes star to recreate the famous audition while attending the concert. In a clip shared on X, Sharon obliges by asking: “Okay what’s your name”? “Rachel” the fan replies, to which Sharon asks: “What do you do for a living”?
“Nothing, I’m lazy at the moment”, the fan said. “Do you ever sing professionally? Come on, tell us”, Sharon said. The fan then delivered the iconic line: “Yeah of course I’ve been singing all my life, all round the towns and everything”.
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