With his extensive stage experience, Giovanni Spano is certainly one to watch at the X Factor live shows.

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The 33-year-old from London has starred in West End shows from Grease to Dance 'Til Dawn, as well as perfoming a part in Meat Loaf musical Bat Out of Hell. He is also frontman of rock band deVIence.

Giovanni also played patient and reality TV star Anthony Mundine in one episode of Holby City in 2013.

Unfortunately for Giovanni, his first X Factor audition didn’t get off to a great start after he delivered a flat cover of Gimme Some Lovin' by The Spencer Davis Group.

Judge Simon Cowell stopped him mid-performance, but luckily permitted Giovanni to perform a second song, Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls. This fared much better with the panel and the performer received three yeses, with only Louis Tomlinson giving the audition a thumbs down.

Three yeses were enough to see Giovanni through to the Six Chair Challenge where he won a seat after impressing Ayda Field with a cover of Led Zeppelin’s Whole Lotta Love.

And finally, Giovanni earned his place on the live shows with a cover of Use Somebody by Kings of Leon at the Judges' Houses.

Giovanni Spano: Key Facts

Age: 33

From: London

Twitter: @GiovanniSpano5

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Instagram: @giovannispanoofficial

Authors

Thomas LingDigital editor, BBC Science Focus

Thomas is Digital editor at BBC Science Focus. Writing about everything from cosmology to anthropology, he specialises in the latest psychology, health and neuroscience discoveries. Thomas has a Masters degree (distinction) in Magazine Journalism from the University of Sheffield and has written for Men’s Health, Vice and Radio Times. He has been shortlisted as the New Digital Talent of the Year at the national magazine Professional Publishers Association (PPA) awards. Also working in academia, Thomas has lectured on the topic of journalism to undergraduate and postgraduate students at The University of Sheffield.

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