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X Factor: Celebrity viewers hail Corrie’s Victoria Ekanoye as “talented beyond belief”

Actress played Angie Appleton on the ITV soap

By Nancy Brown

Fans hailed Corrie star Victoria Ekanoye as the rightful “winner” of X Factor: Celebrity after an astonishing performance on tonight’s episode.

Viewers praised the actress, who played Angie Appleton on the ITV cobbles, as “talented beyond belief”.

Victoria gave a breathtaking rendition of House of the Rising Sun at Simon Cowell’s Malibu home on the talent show.

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Judge Louis Walsh told her: “I loved every bit of it. Every single note.”

Nicole Scherzinger said: “You have such a beautiful poise and presence about you and I love it because this is your chance and you took it.”

Simon Cowell said: “The song was stunning, and the fact you did something we don’t normally hear in your own style is just a glimpse of potentially of what you’ve got.

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“It was a great, great, great performance. Congrats!”

Fans agreed, with one tweeting: “Sign Victoria Ekanoye up immediately. What a set of lungs. I’ve gone slightly emotional.”

Another posted: “@VictoriaEkanoye absolutely smashed it on the #XFactor.

“I knew you could sing but wow that was absolutely class.”

A third wrote: “Ok, this woman from Corrie is winning this!!”

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* X Factor: Celebrity continues next Saturday night on ITV.

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Nancy Brown
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