We set up camp behind-the-scenes at Wembley Arena to bring you all the latest backstage news. Enjoy!
Here we go, peeps! IT’S THE X FACTOR FINAL.
And while we feel like cracking open the smelling salts for our over-excited nerves, we have loyally travelled to Wem-ber-ley to bring you all the news from behind-the-scenes.
At the moment, rehearsals are heavily underway and we have just seen Westlife take to the stage. EEK!
The Finalists are hiding somewhere in make-up, the fashion trailer or their mentor’s room, but that won’t stop us, oh no.
And – surprise surprise – we have spotted a few familiar faces backstage. Yep, some of the former X Factor contestants have come to support our Finalists today. Aaawww…
2.49pm
The 2 Shoes ladies are back and watching Westlife’s rehearsal in the auditorium. “It’s so good to be back. We can’t believe it’s the Final! It’s sad, it feels like the end of an era,” they say. We have to agree. Tissues at the ready!
3.30pm
It’s dress rehearsal time and - Oh. Em. Genius – we spy with our little eye Kitty Brucknell, Craig Colton, Janet Devlin and Sophie Habibis lining up to take to the stage. We can’t tell you what they will be performing but we can tell you this: it’s totes and utts mind-blowingly brilliant!
4.20pm
OMG! Chris Martin is wandering the corridors of Wembley Arena and we are super star-struck! X Factor audience warmer-upper Roycey tells us: "It's so surreal. I just had a whole chat with Chris about tonight and he's a really nice guy."