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POP sensation Lemar Obika's older BROTHER is one of the hot favourites to win the new series of X-Factor, the Sunday Mirror can reveal.
Slick Derane Obika, 28, wowed judges Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh with his smooth, melodic voice.
And they tipped him to follow in his younger brother's footsteps, telling him: "You've got what it takes."
Viewers will see him breeze through to the second round when he appears on the ITV1 show in a fortnight's time.
He was one of 75,000 who auditioned for the show's second series, which kicked off last night.
Judges are hoping to find an international star from the reams of entries.
But Derane wasn't the only one with a famous relative to try their hand at stardom.
Welsh superstar Shirley Bassey's NEICE, Cadice Lechy, 22, from Cardiff, also gave it a go, but not with the same result.
A show insider said: "All she did was go on and on about Shirley Bassey and how because she was related to her she had a fabulous voice."
SundayMirror
