Monica Michael was 25, a youth worker from North London, when she walked back onto The X Factor stage. The year before, she had made it all the way to the Six Chair Challenge, but did not get a chair. She said she was devastated and that her confidence took a hit.
Monica works with kids on council estates, and she always tells them that if they do not succeed the first time, they need to keep going. So she decided to show them by coming back 🎤.
This time she sang Impossible, slowly and from the heart, looking the judges straight in the eye.
Simon told her they had made a big mistake with her the year before, and that it was good she came back. Another judge compared her real, British cool to Adele and Amy Winehouse. Then came four yeses, and Cheryl told her she had been the biggest regret of her category last year 🔥.
