Appearing on The X Factor as a callow 16-year- old schoolgirl, Diana Vickers was the unconventional pop princess who millions of TV viewers loved to hate.
Singing barefoot as she nervously pawed the air with her left hand, her sweet, folk-tinged vocals immediately set her apart from the traditional cast of big, warbling balladeers.
She was dubbed 'kooky' by the judges and 'The Claw' by the show's huge audience. Simon Cowell, an admirer, said she was like Marmite: you either adored or detested her.
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