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Simon Cowell has vowed this year's X Factor will be bigger and better than ever - and here's the proof.





Viewers will see chubby wannabes 88 presenting the judges with a heavyweight challenge when the series kicks off on Saturday.

Bethany Williams and Melanie Morgan form the South Wales duo - named after the Two Fat Ladies bingo call.

And they stun Cowell and his team by getting the 2,500-strong crowd dancing to Journey hit Don't Stop Believing.

The pair, both in their 20s, are thrilled when they get a unanimous thumbs-up from Simon, Dannii Minogue, Cheryl Cole and Louis Walsh.

Cowell says they are living proof Wales has talent.

And an X Factor source told TV Biz: "Bethany and Melanie blew the crowd away when they appeared at the Cardiff auditions.

"When they first showed up everyone thought 'fat chance' - but they were soon eating their words.

The judges were super impressed, too, and the girls said they wanted to do it for bigger ladies everywhere.

"There was a time when you couldn't be a fat pop star. But The Gossip singer Beth Ditto has changed all that."

Wacky acts are on top form at this year's auditions.

Gems include a PVC-clad Madonna impersonator who collects stray cats, a food-obsessed labourer who sings his own song Shepherd's Pie 'Til I Die and a God-obsessed Christian rapper.


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