Laura White, 17
Born in Manchester, Laura has been singing and playing the piano since she was a little girl. She has never had a professional lesson but at the age of 15 yrs old, she started singing in Jazz Bars. Her dad acts as her agent and she has been doing this for the past six years. At 17 yrs old, Laura won a radio competition where she got the chance to sing in front of an audience of 15,000 people when Peter Kay switched on the Bolton Christmas lights.
A year ago, Laura started writing her own music and singing her own songs and after receiving good feedback on her MySpace site, Laura decided to enter The X Factor.
Laura is studying creative writing at university and currently lives at home with her parents, brother and sister. Her dad runs a builders merchant and even though her mother runs a beauty salon, Laura has never been tempted to go down this route. She feels blessed with her family that she has as their huge support, they have always helped her out financially and her dad has been going to gigs with her since she was 15. Her greatest supporter was her uncle but sadly he passed away a few months ago - she wants to do well in The X Factor for him.