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"Sami Brookes has become the sixth act to leave this year&amp;#039;s series of The X Factor. The 31-year-old was eliminated from the competition after viewers voted her into the bottom two along with Kitty Brucknell. Both acts are mentored by veteran judge Louis Walsh.  In the sing-off, Brookes performed &amp;#039;(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman&amp;#039; by Aretha Franklin, as Brucknell reprised her original audition song, Lady GaGa&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;The Edge Of Glory&amp;#039;.  Host Dermot O&amp;#039;Leary then threw voting over to the panel, asking Gary Barlow to make the first decision.  &amp;quot;This is tough,&amp;quot; he declared. &amp;quot;Sami, that voice is undeniable, but I&amp;#039;ve always found you a little bit dated. Kitty, I&amp;#039;m a fan of yours. I&amp;#039;m excited by you.&amp;quot; He finally opted to send Brookes home, as did Kelly Rowland, who described Brucknell as a &amp;quot;wonderful entertainer&amp;quot;.  Tulisa Contostavlos was next, first stating that both gave &amp;quot;amazing performances&amp;quot; in the sing-off, before explaining that Brookes was the person she &amp;quot;most connect[ed] with on stage&amp;quot; and that she would have to eliminate Brucknell.  In a surprise turn, Walsh then declined to send the vote to deadlock, instead naming Brookes as the act of his that would be sent home.   He cited Brucknell&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;work ethic&amp;quot; when making his decision, but warned that she would have to do a better job &amp;quot;connecting with the public&amp;quot;.  Speaking after the result, Brookes said: &amp;quot;This experience has just been amazing. I may not be able to sell a million albums as Gary said, but I am going to sing for the rest of my life.&amp;quot; Tulisa Contostavlos last week became the first judge to lose an act through the public vote when boyband Nu Vibe were eliminated over Frankie Cocozza. The X Factor continues next Saturday at 8pm on ITV1.   &amp;gt; Johnny Robinson performed best on X Factor, say Digital Spy readers "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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