After 15 years of wowing the judges on the well-known ITV talent show, Aiden Grimshaw, who first appeared on The X Factor in 2010, looks completely unrecognizable.
Aiden Grimshaw is barely recognisable 15 years since appearing on The X Factor alongside One Direction. The fresh-faced hopeful captivated the celebrity judges on Simon Cowell’s TV talent show back in 2010, when he boldly covered Kanye West’s smash hit Gold Digger in his audition, without a backing track. Louis Walsh branded the then-18 year old “absolutely brilliant”, Nicole Scherzinger said “I love your voice” and Simon Cowell added, “You’re one of the best we’ve found, certainly in Manchester and possibly – in your category – throughout the competition.”
Progressing week by week not only with 1D but also Rebecca Ferguson, Katie Waissel, Cher Lloyd, and eventual victor Matt Cardle, gap-year student Aiden secured a respectable ninth position.
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Following his X Factor stint, Aiden signed a deal with record label RCA, releasing his debut single Is This Love, which peaked at number 35 on the UK Singles Chart. He then dropped his album Misty Eye, hitting number 19.
Aiden revealed in 2018 that he had been releasing music under the pseudonym “Butterjack,” but it later went back to his original name. He announced his new agreement with a Dutch record label in 2023.
Aiden now looks so different from his clean-shaven, quiff-haired X Factor days, often sporting a beard on his Instagram page and most recently appearing with a moustache and tousled hair.
He mentioned writing more songs a week ago, along with a photo of himself playing the guitar. The singer proclaimed “20 days of sunshine” to his 19k followers. Coughs for 13 days. Nearly two bank holidays have been written for 6 songs. 1 defeat in the Europa Cup final. A brand-new month, fresh music, and exciting new experiences. It might have been a ride.
Aiden has also expressed regret over not fully utilizing the opportunity that The X Factor had given him in the past.
He shared his thoughts with the Metro, saying, “My only regrets about the show is that maybe I didn’t shoot as hard as I could have in some of the parts of the later part because I tried to be cool. I would simply aim for everything, because why wouldn’t you do that? That is so foolish. But I thought it was enjoyable.
He continued, “There was a lot of pressure on me to find what to do, and my not wanting to be uncool prevented me from exploring all paths and being out there,” and continued, “There was a lot of pressure on me.”
Aiden was romantically linked to Cher Lloyd during his time on The X Factor, and talked about his bromance with Matt Cardle. The pair were said to spend all their time in the house chatting and making each other cups of tea. Aiden said: “Matt and me are really good mates, he’s a great bloke. We’ve got a really great bromance going on.”
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Source: Mirror
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