5 After Midnight have placed third on ‘The X Factor’.
The boy band – which includes Kieran Alleyne, Nathan Lewis and Jordan Lee – narrowly missed out in a place in the ‘X Factor’ final after being kicked out of the competition on Saturday night (10.12.16).
Jordan said: "What can I say? It’s been the best experience ever! There’s been so much support and so much love. I can’t thank you guys enough. And we just hope for the best; the best people come out third, the best people come out second and the best people win it. That’s how it is."
Whilst Kieran added: "It was amazing. We just want to say thank you to everybody that’s voted for us. To Simon, Nicole, Sharon and of course, Louis."
And their mentor Louis Walsh was full of praise for the group, telling host Dermot O’Leary: "Catch them on the ‘X Factor’ tour. This is the start! It’s all going to happen for them."
Earlier in the evening, 5 After Midnight opened the show – which was broadcast live from Wembley Arena, London – with a rendition of Beyonce’s ‘Crazy In Love’, which received high praise from the judges.
Nicole told them: "That is the way you open up the X Factor final at Wembley Arena. Your energy is electric. Awesome job."
Whilst Sharon gushed: "The energy in here is Crazy In Love for you guys. Great performance from you all."
And despite a little dig at Louis, Simon praised the trio, telling them: "This worked in the real world. The reason you’ve done so well is because you’ve worked so hard. This is what the X Factor’s all about."
Later, the hopefuls returned to the stage to perform hit song ‘Tears’ with Clean Bandit and last year’s ‘X Factor’ winner Louisa Johnson.
Meanwhile, Matt Terry wowed with an effortless performance of ‘Take Me Home’ full of his signature falsetto whilst Saara Alto took to the stage to stun the 12,000-strong audience with ‘Everybody Wants to Rule the World’.
During the final, Matt duetted with his mentor Nicole for a performance of Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ and Saara was joined by her dream collaborator Adam Lambert to sing Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’.
The ‘X Factor’ continues on Sunday night (11.12.16) when Saara Aalto and Matt Terry will fight it out to be named this year’s ‘X Factor’ champion. Kylie Minogue, Madness and Little Mix will also perform.
5 After Midnight finish third on X Factor
